A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS

Lot 88
22.11.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 30 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 848385
Lot 88 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS

ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL SAUNDERS, MID-18TH CENTURY

Each with padded back, arms and seat covered in associated 18th-century gros and petit-point needlework, each back depicting a mythological scene, with outscrolled arms with foliate-wrapped ball terminals, the serpentine waved seat centred by an acanthus clasp, on cabriole legs, headed by confronting C-scrolls and foliage, on scrolled feet, restorations and replacements

38 in. (97 cm.) high; 28 1/4 in. (72 cm.) wide; 27 in. (69 cm.) deep





Provenance

By repute the Dukes of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace.

Acquired from Stair and Co., London, 1990.



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