A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY RIBBON-BACK SIDE CHAIRS

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY RIBBON-BACK SIDE CHAIRS

AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, CIRCA 1755

Each with a ruffled foliate carved arched crest rail above a pierced interlaced splat carved with a ribbon suspending C-scrolls joining pierced foliate stiles and a serpentine over-upholstered seat covered in contemporary fabric handwoven by Lisio, Florence above a scalloped C-scroll and ruffle apron centered by a cartouche on hipped cabriole legs ending in scrolled feet, with white-painted 334 and 336 to inner back rail, one with batten-holes, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label

39 1/2 in. (100.3 cm.) high, 29 1/4 in. (74.3 cm.) wide, 25 1/2 in. (64.8 cm.) deep





Provenance

Part of a set of eight most likely acquired by Thomas Harvard for Barrington Court, near Ilminster, Somerset, circa 1756.

Removed to Dillington House, near Ilminster, Somerset, in the early 19th century.

With R.L. Harrington, Esq.

With Hotspur Ltd., London.

The Collection of S. Jon Gerstenfeld, Washington, D.C.

The Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, London, 7 July 1988, lot 77.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.





Literature

A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London, 1968, figs.173, 174, 175.

G. Wills, English Furniture, 1760-1900, London, 1971, p.18.

N. Goodison and R. Kern, Hotspur: Eighty Years of Antique Dealing, London, 2004, pp. 136-137, fig. 8.

J.L. Milne, Caves of Ice, Diaries: 1946 & 1947, pp.127-128.

L. Wood, ‘Tied Up In Knots: Three Centuries of the Ribbon-Back Chair,’ Furniture History, 2015, vol. 51, pp. 241–70.





Exhibited

Montacute House, Somerset, 1948-1979.





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