A PAIR OF GEORGE II OIL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED ARMCHAIRS

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23.10.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 820153
Los 553 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II OIL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED ARMCHAIRS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II OIL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED ARMCHAIRS

CIRCA 1755

Each pierced back with arched crest rail and re-entrant corners, the outer frame with blind-fretwork, the interior filled with pierced Chinese palings and centered by an upright oval upholstered panel, with upholstered seats supported on square legs adorned with blind-fretwork and pierced corner brackets, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label

38 in. (96.5 cm.) high, 26 1/2 in. (67.3 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.4 cm.) deep





Provenance

With Simon Redburn.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from Mallett, London, in 1979.



Literature

E. Joy, English Furniture, London, 1978, p. 66, fig. 48.

M. Schafer, ‘Christmas on a high note – Gordon Getty’s opera tree’, House and Garden, December 1985, p. 102.

‌N. Harris, Chippendale, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 60.

L. Synge, Great English Furniture, London, 1991, p. 162, fig.182.

E. Lennox-Boyd, ed., Masterpieces of English Furniture - The Gerstenfeld Collection, London 1998, p. 218 (this pair discussed); the comparative pair in the Gerstenfeld Collection illustrated as no. 51 and also p. 43, fig. 28.





Exhibited

San Francisco, San Francisco Fall Antique Show, Fort Mason, 24-31 October 2010.



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