£450
A SALOON CHAIR FROM THE ROYAL YACHT FAIRY, CIRCA 1845
carved, painted and gilt in the 'Louis' style with remnant original silk and horsehair upholstery -- 35½ x 16in. (90 x 40.5cm.); together with two original design drawings for the principal saloon, the largest -- 18 x 21in. (45.5 x 53.5cm.)
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Thomas Joseph Ditchburn (1801-1870) Engineer and Shipbuilder, and thence by descent.
H.M.Y. Fairy was designed and built by T.J. Ditchburn of Blackwall in 1845. She acted as first lender to Victoria & Albert I and accompanied her on many voyages. Her first duty was to attend the Royal Yacht in Antwerp to take Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on board for a cruise in the shallow waters of the Scheldt. She was sailed many times in Scotland and conveyed members of the Royal Family to and from Osborne House. Fairy was replaced by the more robust Alberta in 1863 and broken up in 1868. The high quality nature of these drawings would indicate a London draughtsman and it is known that both Thomas Dowbiggin and Holland & Sons supplied Osborne House around this date. The builder's model of Fairy by Ditchburn is now in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (inv. no SLR0208).
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