A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS

Lot 199
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Lot 199 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS
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$ 25 000 – 40 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS

ATTRIBUTED TO INCE AND MAYHEW, CIRCA 1770-1775

En suite with the previous lot, but of a slightly later date, each chair with cartouche-shaped padded back, part-padded arms and serpentine padded seat, covered in handloom cut-pile velvet Bevilacqua fabric which obscures the reverse central strut, on turned and reeded legs, the feet tipped, with printed and inscribed Ann Getty Collection inventory label

38 in. (96.5 cm.) high, 25 ½ in. (64.7 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.4 cm.) deep.





Provenance

Probably commissioned by Sir William Lee (1726-1799) , 4th Bt., for the Drawing Room at Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire.

By descent to Mrs. Benedict Eyre, Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire.

Until sold, the Valuable Contents of Hartwell House, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Sold by Order of the Trustees of Mrs. Benedict Eyre; Sotheby's, House Sale, 26-28 April 1938, lot 213 (the suite).

With Mallett, London, circa 1970.

Property from a Private London Collection; Christie's, London, 10 November 2005, lot 341.

Acquired by Ann Getty from the above.



Literature

The Connoisseur, July 1969, p. XXXVIII (trade advertisement for Mallett).

The Antique Dealers' Fair Catalogue, June 1970, no. 4.
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