ID 1030973
Lot 269 | A MATCHED PAIR OF VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID PAPIER MÂCHÉ EBONIZED SETTEES
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 40 000
BY JENNENS AND BETTRIDGE, BIRMINGHAM AND LONDON, CIRCA 1848
The shaped serpentine backs and sides decorated with a profusion of foliate scrollwork and flowers, one with a pair of hawks with hoods centering the back, the other with a cockatoo centering the back, slip seats and slight variations to the dimensions overall, each with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
32 ½ in. (82.6 cm.) high, 64 in. (162.6 cm.) wide, 30 in. (76.2 cm.) deep
Provenance
Probably supplied to Queen Isabella II of Spain (1830-1904) in 1848.
By repute, the Collection of the Spanish Royal Family.
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 13 November 1996, lot 228.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
Y. Jones, Japanned Papier Mâché and Tinware, c. 1740-1940, Woodbridge, 2012, p. 150, pl. 141.
| Medium: | Gilding |
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| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Medium: | Gilding |
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| Historical era: | Victorian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
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