ID 1030867
Lot 193 | A GEORGE III CREAM, BLUE, POLYCHROME-PAINTED, AND PARCEL-GILT COMMODE
Valeur estimée
$ 50 000 – 80 000
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE BROOKSHAW, CIRCA 1780
The copper top painted with leaves and flowers, beads and scrolls on an ivory ground all within a band of ribbon-tied flowers and foliage, centered by a fan patera, the central gilt-moulded panel flanked by cupboards and punctuated by vases of roses and morning glories with upper and lower bands of husks and paterae, possibly originally conceived with further painted medallions to the doors, carved giltwood guilloche molding on turned, tapered, reeded and leaf-carved feet, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
37 ½ in. (95.2 cm.) high, 63 ½ in. (161.3 cm.) wide, 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
Provenance
Probably commissioned by Hugh Percy (1714-1786), 1st Duke of Northumberland, for Northumberland House, The Strand, London.
By descent to Algernon Percy, son of Hugh Percy, Bishop of Carlisle, who married Emily Heber, daughter of Bishop Heber, in 1839.
Sold by direction of Algernon Heber-Percy Esq., removed from Hodnet Hall, Shropshire; Christie's, London, 22 November 1967, lot 116.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 7 November 1997, lot 58.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
E.T. Joy, 'A Painted Neo-Classical Commode', Connoisseur, September-December, 1968, pp. 166-167.
Lucy Wood, 'George Brookshaw, Peintre Ebeniste par Extraordinaire', Apollo, June 1991, p. 390, fig. 8.
Lucy Wood, Lady Lever Art Gallery Catalogue of Commodes, Liverpool, 1994, p. 246, n. 13.
| Technique appliquée: | Construction métallique |
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| Matériel: | Cuivre, Dorure |
| Époque historique: | Période géorgienne |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe du Nord, Europe, Royaume-Uni |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Meubles et Lampes, Commodes |
| Technique appliquée: | Construction métallique |
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| Matériel: | Cuivre, Dorure |
| Époque historique: | Période géorgienne |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe du Nord, Europe, Royaume-Uni |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Meubles et Lampes, Commodes |
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