Lot 92

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A PAIR OF RED-PAINTED ASH-LAMINATE PRINCE OF WALES INVESTITURE CHAIRS

DESIGNED IN 1969 BY LORD SNOWDON AND MADE BY REMPLOY

Name: A PAIR OF RED-PAINTED ASH-LAMINATE PRINCE OF WALES INVESTITURE CHAIRS
Brand: DESIGNED IN 1969 BY LORD SNOWDON AND MADE BY REMPLOY
Price: 35000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 43,750

Estimate

GBP 2,000 - GBP 4,000

Closed: 24 Sep 2020

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A PAIR OF RED-PAINTED ASH-LAMINATE PRINCE OF WALES INVESTITURE CHAIRS

DESIGNED IN 1969 BY LORD SNOWDON AND MADE BY REMPLOY

Price Realised GBP 43,750

Closed: 24 Sep 2020

Price Realised GBP 43,750

Closed: 24 Sep 2020

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With motto 'Ich Dien' and Prince of Wales feathers in gilt, with original red covered seats
Each 30 ¾ in. (78 cm.) high; 21 ½ in. (54.5 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

R. Muir, ‘Double Exposure: Lord Snowdon’s Kensington Villa’, World of Interiors, January 2009, p. 142, illustrated in the Studio.
Snowdon and F. von Hofmannstahl (ed.), Snowdon – A Life in View, New York, 2014 , one illustrated p.168.

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Lot Essay

The Investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1969 was a crowning achivement for Lord Snowdon. Personally asked by HM The Queen to oversee the ceremony - as a Welshman, member of the Royal family and foremost a designer, he was an inspired choice, and was created Constable of Caernarvon Castle for the ceremony. The Investiture was a triumph, and when asked about his designs, Snowdon replied ''.

Working with his great friend Carl Toms (who had been mentored by Oliver Messel), and John Pound, the brutalist designer from the Ministry of Works, the designs for the ceremony were ground-breaking and celebrated both modernity and antiquitity, in a time when Welsh independence and its place within the Union was at risk.

Snowdon's design for the now famous investiture chair was equally modern, manufactured at the Remploy factory in Bridgend. Taking the design of the Prince of Wales feather from a badge for the Cader Idris Volunteers, a badge Snowdon treasured on his desk for many years.

TWELVE ENGLISH PORCELAIN DINNER-PLATES DESIGNED FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES

EstimateGBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800

Closed

Lot 94

The Investiture of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales The Record of Procedures for the Investiture Ceremony, 1969sold not subject to returnThe Investiture of HRH The Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle, 1 July 1969, Record of Procedures adopted by the Ministry of Public Building and Works, Central Office for Wales, 1969, Octavo (305 x 223 mm.) blue morocco (extremeties rubbed, scuffed and with small tear to front). Provenance: Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930-2017)

EstimateGBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800

Closed

Lot 95

Michael Reid (British, 20th century)

London Zoo Poster for Transport for London featuring the Snowdon Aviary

EstimateGBP 500 - GBP 800

Closed

Lot 96

H.R.H. The Princess Margaret

Finely bound volumes for H.R.H. The Princess Margaret

EstimateGBP 1,500 - GBP 2,500

Closed

Lot 97

LORD SNOWDON'S ALUMINIUM, CANVAS AND LEATHER "ARCHITECT'S CHAIR" AND BLACK LEATHER BRIEFCASE

THE CHAIR DESIGNED BY DAVID LINLEY, HENRY SLACK AND DAVID COCKS, MADE BY BANTAM MANUFACTURING CO. LTD IN 1993, THE BRIEFCASE CIRCA 1970

EstimateGBP 800 - GBP 1,200

Closed

Lot 98

LORD SNOWDON (1930-2017)

Investiture Chair, 2013

EstimateGBP 400 - GBP 600

Closed

Lot 99

A PAIR OF SYCAMORE, PARQUETRY AND GLASS MANTEL CLOCKS

EstimateGBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500

Closed

Lot 102

Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel (1904-1978)

Portrait of a young girl in a white dress, seated on a cushion (i); portrait of a lady (ii); portrait of a young woman in profile, before a landscape (iii)

EstimateGBP 600 - GBP 1,000

Closed