ID 820268
Lot 620 | A SET OF SEVEN CHINESE EXPORT AND CARTON PIERRE FRAMED WALLPAPER PANELS
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
THE FRAMES BY BROMWICH AND LEIGH, CIRCA 1764
Each depicting figures at various pursuits within pavilions, within their original carton-pierre C-scroll and gadrooned frames, the larger with pencil inscription No. 16 to the reverse and with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory labels
21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm.) high, 18 1/2 in. (47 cm.) wide, the four
22 in. (81.3 cm.) high, 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm.) wide, the larger of the pair
24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm.) high, 30 1/4 in. (76.8 cm.) wide, the largest
Provenance
Supplied by Bromwich and Leigh in 1764 to Edward, 5th Lord Leigh (d. 1786) for Stoneleigh Abbey, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, for Miss Leigh's Bedchamber, the bill dated 10 December 1765, and thence by descent.
Nine panels sold Property of the Trustees of the Stoneleigh Settlement, the Executors of the late 4th Lord Leigh and the Stoneleigh Abbey Preservation Trust Ltd.; Christie's house sale, October 15-16, 1981, lot 67.
‌With Mallett, Ltd., London.
‌Acquired from Jeremy, Ltd., London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1994.
Literature
Thomas Bromwich's bill in the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, invoice [DR 18/5/4402], dated 10 December 1765.
W.A. Thorpe, 'Stoneleigh Abbey and its Furniture - II', Connoisseur, March 1947, p. 19.
C. Aslet, 'Stoneleigh Abbey - Warwickshire II', Country Life, 20 December 1984, p. 1935.
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
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| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
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| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
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