ID 1071177
Lot 108 | A SET OF TEN GEORGE III PARCEL-GILT, RED AND WHITE PAINTED DRAWING ROOM CHAIRS
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
CIRCA 1770, IN THE MANNER OF INCE & MAYHEW
Including two armchairs, each with cartouche-shaped padded back and generous stuff-over seat, the channeled frame with floral cresting on slender, tapering cabriole legs, batten-carrying holes and chisel and pencil numbering to underside, four covered in red and gold silk damask and six covered in Burgundy damask
The arm chairs: 36 ½ in. (92.5 cm.) high; 26 ½ in. (67 cm.) wide; 26 ½ in. (67 cm.) deep; the side chairs: 35 in. (89 cm.) high; 24 ½ in. (62 cm.) wide; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) deep
Provenance
Samuel, 1st Baron Sandys (1695-1770), and by descent.
Literature
Ombersley Court Inventory, c. 1770-1775, Ombersley MS, in 'The Drawing Room', where listed as '10 Cabriolet chairs'.
A. Oswald, 'Ombersley Court, Worcestershire - II', Country Life, 9 January 1953, p. 94, pl. 2.
Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS, in 'The Boudoir'.
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
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| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
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| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |||||
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