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A GEORGE III CHINESE LACQUER, BLACK-AND-GILT JAPANNED, AND PARCEL-GILT COMMODE

Lot 127
19.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 163 800
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1030905
Lot 127 | A GEORGE III CHINESE LACQUER, BLACK-AND-GILT JAPANNED, AND PARCEL-GILT COMMODE
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
A GEORGE III CHINESE LACQUER, BLACK-AND-GILT JAPANNED, AND PARCEL-GILT COMMODE

ALMOST CERTAINLY BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, CIRCA 1770-72

The breakfront top with guilloche-carved giltwood banded edge above a conforming case with three frieze drawers over three deep drawers flanked by cabinet doors, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label

35 ¼ in. (89.5 cm.) high, 51 ¾ in. (131.4 cm.) wide, 22 in. (55.9 cm.) deep





Provenance

Almost certainly supplied by Thomas Chippendale to Edwin Lascelles (1713-1795), 1st Baron Harewood, for Harewood House, Yorkshire, circa 1771-72;

Thence by descent to George Henry Hubert Lascelles (1923-2011), 7th Earl of Harewood, KBE, AM;

Until sold, by orders of HRH The Princess Royal and The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Harewood, Removed from Harewood House, Leeds; Christie's, London, 28 June 1951, lot 75.

Acquired by Frank Partridge, London from the above.

The Collection of Sir James Horlick, Bt., Achamore House, Gigha, Scotland; Christie's, London, 22 November 1973, lot 56.

With Partridge, London, circa 1976.

Supplied by Parish-Hadley, New York, to Ann and Gordon Getty in 1976.



Literature

C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, New York, 1978, vol. I, p. 197 and 205, vol. II, p. 123, fig. 218.

L.G.G. Ramsay, 'Chinoiserie in the Western Isles, The Collection of Sir James and Lady Horlick', The Connoisseur, June 1985, p. 6, fig. 13.
Historical era:Georgian period
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Dressers
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