ID 1030965
Lot 240 | A PAIR OF REGENCY GRAINED MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT ARMCHAIRS
Estimate value
$ 12 000 – 18 000
ATTRIBUTED TO MOREL AND HUGHES, CIRCA 1810
The curved backs with husks continuing to down-swept arms terminating in rams masks flanking a cut velvet slip seat, sabre legs, raised on brass casters, formerly ebonized and redecorated, one chair inscribed 6523 in yellow chalk to interior of seat rail, both chairs with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
35 ¼ in. (87 cm.) high, 23 in. (58.4 cm.) wide, 20 in. (50.8 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 November 1996, lot 101.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
| Medium: | Gilding, Mahogany, Wood, Textile, Velvet |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Medium: | Gilding, Mahogany, Wood, Textile, Velvet |
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| 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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