ID 819990
Lot 376 | A GEORGE II GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR
Estimate value
$ 50 000 – 80 000
CIRCA 1740, ALTERED
With a flower filled guilloche-carved frame, the rectangular back, down-scrolled arms, and drop-in seat upholstered in red silk velvet, the gadrooned arms suspending floral garlands and on acanthus-wrapped supports, the rails with flower-filled Greek key borders centered by pierced floral cartouches further flanked by acanthus leaves, over foliate-headed scaled cabriole legs terminating in leaf-wrapped in-scrolled feet, reduced in height, width, and depth; frames with batten-carrying holes, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
38 1/4 in. (97.2 cm.) high, 29 1/4 in. (74.3 cm.) wide, 27 in. (68.6 cm.) deep
Provenance
By repute, the Collection of David Garrick (1717-1779).
Temple Williams, London, 1956.
The Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, London, 28 November 2002, lot 14.
Literature
Antique Collector, London, June 1956, p. 22.
E.T. Joy, The English Chair, 1967, figs. 35 and 36.
Geoffrey Beard and Judith Goodison, English Furniture 1500-1840, 1987, p. 96, fig. 4 and British Furniture 1600-2000, London, 2005, p. 58.
Special notice
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| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
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