A PAIR OF GEORGE III CARVED FRUITWOOD ARMCHAIRS

Lot 35
01.02.2024 10:00UTC -05:00
Classic
Sold
$ 151 200
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 1126400
Lot 35 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III CARVED FRUITWOOD ARMCHAIRS
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III CARVED FRUITWOOD ARMCHAIRS

IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, CIRCA 1755

Each cartouche-form padded back, arms and seat upholstered in petit and gros point floral needlework, one back with a cartouche depicting a gentleman and two ladies playing cards in a garden over a seat with a cartouche depicting three birds in a garden, the other depicting a gentleman courting a lady with horn-playing musician over a seat with two hunt dogs pursuing a deer, the molded frame carved overall with rocaille S-scrolls and acanthus leaves, the shaped and arched top rail with pierced central rocaille acanthus clasp with cabochon issuing husks, the outscrolled arms above downscrolled acanthus-wrapped knuckles and supports, over a generously proportioned tapering seat with serpentine frontrail carved with central rocaille acanthus clasp, the delicately molded cabriole legs headed by a recessed C-scroll cabochon issuing further acanthus scrolls and trailing a husk garland, the trifurcated scrolled feet on pads, formerly gilded, the needlework associated

41 ¼ in. (104.8 cm.) high, 30 in. (76.2 cm.) wide, 28 in. (71.1 cm.) deep





Provenance

Part of a suite of twelve armchairs almost certainly supplied to Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey (1725-1774) for Walcot Hall, Lydbury North, Shropshire.

By descent at Walcot until sold by the Direction of the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Powis and Viscount Clive; Harrods, House Sale, 22-26 July 1929, lots 712-717 (catalogued as Louis XV, one of the chairs illustrated in plate opp. p. 30).

With Charles of London, New York.

Mrs. George L. Mesker, 'La Fontana', Palm Beach; sold Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 27-29 October 1943, lot 767.

Baron and Baroness Carl von Seidlitz; sold Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 3 May 1947, lot 110.

Property of a New York Estate; Christie's, New York, 13 April 2000, lot 93.

Acquired from the above sale.





Literature

'Exhibits of Decorative Arts', The Art News, New York, 10 Nov. 1934, p. 10 (a pair of chairs from the suite).

J. Aronson, The Book of Furniture and Decoration: Period and Modern, New York, 1936, pl. opposite p.112 (a single chair from the suite).

A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, New York, 1968, pl.185 (a single chair from the suite).

Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
20 Rockefeller Plaza
10020 New York
USA
Preview
26.01.2024 10:00 – 17:00
27.01.2024 10:00 – 18:00
28.01.2024 13:00 – 17:00
29.01.2024 10:00 – 17:00
30.01.2024 10:00 – 17:00
31.01.2024 10:00 – 17:00
Phone +1 212 636 2000
Fax +1 212 636 4930
Email
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase
Shipping Postal service
Courier service
pickup by yourself
Payment methods Wire Transfer
Business hoursBusiness hours
Mo 09:30 – 17:00   
Tu 09:30 – 17:00   
We 09:30 – 17:00   
Th 09:30 – 17:00   
Fr 09:30 – 17:00   
Sa closed
Su closed

More from Creator

AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE
AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT-BOOKCASE
$32 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GREEN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CONVERSATION STOOLS
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GREEN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CONVERSATION STOOLS
£40 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT OPEN ARMCHAIRS
A PAIR OF GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT OPEN ARMCHAIRS
£100
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR
£100
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BEDSIDE COMMODE
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BEDSIDE COMMODE
£100
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST
£4 000
A GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR
A GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR
$5 000
CHIPPENDALE, Thomas (1718-1779).
CHIPPENDALE, Thomas (1718-1779).
€700

Related terms

?>