A PAIR OF REGENCY BRONZED AND PARCEL-GILT LIBRARY ARMCHAIRS

Lot 12
27.01.2023 12:00UTC +00:00
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$ 63 000
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ID 887755
Lot 12 | A PAIR OF REGENCY BRONZED AND PARCEL-GILT LIBRARY ARMCHAIRS
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$ 60 000 – 100 000
A PAIR OF REGENCY BRONZED AND PARCEL-GILT LIBRARY ARMCHAIRS

AFTER A DESIGN BY GEORGE SMITH, CIRCA 1815

Each curved upholstered back with a molded frame continuing to naturalistically modeled monopodia legs, with gilded lion’s heads forming the arms with lobed collars above hairy manes, and with paw feet, the back legs of similar form, the seat rails carved with torus moldings embellished with stylized overlapping leaves and berries, the decoration refreshed

35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm.) high, 26 1/2 in. (67.3 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66 cm.) deep





Provenance

The Collection of Dame Rebecca West, D.B.E.; Christie’s, London, 6 October 1983, lot 151.

With Partridge Fine Arts, London.

The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Hilbert; Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 2007, lot 63.

Acquired from the above sale.



Literature

S. Yates, Nineteenth Century Furniture, London, 1999, p.19.
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