ADAM'S Country House Collections Day II - 14th October 2025

146 803 THE DUNECHT DINING TABLE: A VICTORIAN CARVED OAK EXTENDING DINING-TABLE CIRCA 1850 the moulded rounded rectangular top above a cushion-moulded frieze carved with elongated cabochon egg-and-dart with foliage and shell-carved corners, on two groups of four squared baluster foliate-carved legs, each group joined by scrolled squared X-stretchers centred by a finial, with seven additional leaves, a leaf cabinet and two additional legs, with an inventory label ‘D1288’. 74.5 cm high; 303 cm long; 728.5 cm long, fully extended; 183 cm wide Provenance: Christies ‘The Cowdray Sale: Works of Art from Cowdray Park and Dunecht House, At Cowdray Park, West Sussex’, 15th September, 2011, lot no. 563 (Price Realised £39,650) € 12,000 - 18,000 Dunecht House, a distinguished stately home in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, traces its origins to 1705, when the Forbes family built their residence on the estate. In 1820, William Forbes com- missioned Aberdeen architect John Smith to design a replacement mansion in the Neo-Grec manner. The estate was acquired in 1845 by James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford and 7th Earl of Balcarres. Between 1855 and 1859, the house was further extended by Smith’s son, William, renowned for his design of Balmoral Castle for Queen Victoria. In 1867, Lord Crawford com- missioned George Edmund Street to add a grand chapel and vast library. In 1900, the estate was purchased by A.C. Pirie, before being leased in 1907 to Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray. The Viscount bought the estate in 1912 commissioned further extensions, carried out by Sir Aston Webb between 1912 and 1920. Today, the Dunecht Estate remains in the own- ership of the Hon. Charles Anthony Pearson, the younger son of the 3rd Viscount Cowdray, although Dunecht House itself was sold to a private owner in 2012. Weronika Kocurkiewicz, September 2025