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A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD SIDE CHAIRS

Lot 342
22.10.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 60 480
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 820044
Lot 342 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD SIDE CHAIRS
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD SIDE CHAIRS

ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS ROBERTS, CIRCA 1730

Each with a rectangular upholstered back and seat covered in 18th century crimson silk velvet re-applied on an ivory silk satin ground, on lion's mask monopodia ending in paw feet, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label

41 3/4 in. (106 cm.) high, 26 1/2 in. (67 cm.) wide, 28 in. (71 cm.) deep





Provenance

Almost certainly commissioned by George Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield (1690-1743) for Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire.

His daughter and co-heiress Lady Charlotte Lee (1724-1794), who married the 11th Viscount Dillon (1705-1787) in 1744.

Thence by descent to Harold Arthur, 17th Viscount Dillon, Sold by His Executors; Sotheby’s, London, 26 May 1933, lot 145.

Acquired by Nancy and Ronald Tree coinciding with their purchase of Ditchley Park in 1933.

Thence by descent to Michael and Lady Anne Tree, née Cavendish, until sold, Property of the Lady Anne Tree, removed from Mereworth Castle, Kent; Christie's, London, 23 May 1968, lot 114.

With Partridge, London.

The Property of a Nobleman; Christie's, London, 27 June 1985, lot 184.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.





Literature

A. Oswald, 'Ditchley - II. Oxfordshire. The Seat of Mr. Ronald Tree', Country Life, 16 June 1934, p. 625, fig. 6.

C. Hussey, English Country Houses: Early Georgian 1715-1760, London, 1955, p. 70, fig. 94. [The photographs were taken just before the 1933 sale; the illustrated chairs could be any one of the set of eight].

J. Cornforth, 'Ditchley Revisited', Country Life, 24 October 1985, p. 1174, fig. 3, 'A watercolour of the hall by Sebriakoff'. [This watercolor sold from the estate of Marietta Tree, Christie's, New York, 17 October 1992, lot 27].

G. Beard and J. Goodison, English Furniture 1500-1840, London, 1987, p. 87 (one chair illustrated).

J. Cornforth, 'Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire - I: The Property of the Ditchley Foundation', Country Life, 17 November 1988, p. 104, fig. 11.

J. Cornforth, ‘Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire - II: The Property of the Ditchley Foundation’, Country Life, 24 November 1988, pp. 83-84.

B. Robert, Nancy Lancaster: Her Life, Her World, Her Art, New York, 1996, p. 203.

J. Cornforth, Early Georgian Interiors, New Haven, 2004, p. 294, fig. 390.





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Applied technique:Upholstery
Medium:Giltwood, Textile
Historical era:Georgian period
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs
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