For Immediate Release: 3rd July 2013 Contact: Iona Sale, IONA PR, 01451 832 268, 07721

030 825 or iona@ionapr.com

SUMMER SALE WITH A PROVENANCE MONDAY, 29TH JULY 2013

One of two early 20 Century tapestries of medieval work est 1,200 - 1,800

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Over 50 years worth of acquisitions, including furniture, paintings, silver and Japanese screens from Holcombe House, Painswick, Gloucestershire, until recently the home of a collector and her family, are to be offered for sale in Chorley's next sale on Monday, 29th July 2013. Highlights from the collection include fine furniture, such as Lot 78, a pair of George lll mahogany marble-topped side tables: these are stylish and would make a fantastic statement in the hall of a country house, estimate 6,0008,000. Lot 108, a George III three-pillar dining table estimate 4,000-6,000 has good colour and patination and would fit perfectly into a grand dining room. Among a good selection of American silver, Lot 340 stands out: this Tiffany & Co water jug is decorated with bands of stylised waves and carries an estimate of 400-600. Holcombe House is predominately a typical 16th /17th Century gabled Cotswold stone manor house with stone slate roof and a very fine tithe barn. It was recorded by local artist Charles March Gere (1869-1957) in a lovely watercolour (illustrated here by kind permission of Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery). The house was enlarged and restored for a previous owner of the house, Lady Plymouth, by Detmar Blow; his extension seen to the right of the house is in the Cotswold Arts and Crafts style and blends in perfectly with the earlier original. Also included in the sale are a number of items from a deceased estate. Raymond de Seyssel Hall was the only son of architect Herbert Austen Hall and Countess Clara Seyssel. Through his mothers parents, Edgar Seyssel and Adelheid Wartensleben, he was descended from the noble European families of Seyssel DAix and Wartensleben. The Seyssel dAix family were originally from Savoy but moved to Bavaria at the beginning of the 18th Century.

Holcombe House, Painswck

One of a pair of George II mahogany side tables, est 6,000 - 8,000

Joseph Karl Stieler Portrait of C von Mannlich Oil on canvas, dated 1844 est 2,000 - 3,000

Lot 265 is a beautiful portrait of C von Mannlich by Josef Karl Steiler; the sitter is pictured half length wearing a black dress with red velvet ribbons and gazing wistfully into the distance estimated at 2,000-3,000 it is just one of an interesting group of portraits. Also from the estate are two large tapestries, Lot 188; depicting medieval scenes, these date from the early 20th Century and are hugely decorative, estimate 1,200-1,800. Among a good selection of German silver, Lot 362 stands out: this is a bread bowl with scroll handles by Vollgold & Sohn and which bears the armorial of the Counts of Wartensleben, estimate 300-400. In a break with the usual schedule, the sale will be held on a Monday (Monday 29th July) with viewing on Friday 26th July from 9am-5pm and weekend viewing on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 July from 10am-4pm.
Viewing Days: Friday, 26th July, 9am -5pm Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th July, 10am-4pm For further press inform ation, please contact Iona Sale, IONA PR, 01451 832 268, 07721 030 825 or iona@ionapr.com For further details regarding the sale please contact Catrin Hampton on 01452 344499 or ech@sim onchorley.com or view the fully illustrated online catalogue at www.sim onchorley.com
One of two early 20 Century tapestries of medieval work est 1,200 - 1,800
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An American silver water jug, Tiffany & Co est 400 - 600

A German silver bread dish est 300 - 400