ID 1031021
Lot 59 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS
Valeur estimée
$ 40 000 – 60 000
ATTRIBUTED TO INCE AND MAYHEW, CIRCA 1775
Each with shaped oval backrest centered by a lion's mask, the drapery-form armrests with lion's-head terminals on foliate-carved supports flanking a damask upholstered seat, the front seat rail centered by satyr's masks, raised on square tapering legs with trailing husks, spade feet, with variations to the carving particularly to the lion's-head armrest terminals, each inscribed in black ink 8366 / Winchester to interior of seat rails, and with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
40 in. (101.6 cm.) high, 26 ½ in. (67.3 cm.) wide, 24 in. (60.9 cm.) deep
Provenance
Probably part of a suite commissioned by Sir John Mordaunt Cope, 8th Bart. (d.1779) or his cousin and heir the Rev. Sir Richard Cope (1719-1806) for Bramshill Park, Hampshire.
Possibly two from a set of six sold by Sir Anthony M.L. Cope, Bt., formerly of Bramshill; Sotheby's, London, 27 April 1956, lot 99.
The Collection of Lord Astor, Cliveden, Berkshire.
Acquired from Partridge, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1981.
Literature
‘Bramshill Park, Hampshire: The Seat of Sir Anthony Cope, Bt.’, Country Life, 11 July 1903, p. 56, ‘The State Drawing Room’; and 23 June 1923, p. 886, figs. 1, 2.
H. Avray Tipping, English Homes: Period III Vol. II Late Tudor and Early Stuart 1558-1649, Country Life, London, 1927, p. 303, 'The Drawing Room' fig. 383.
L. Wood, The Upholstered Furniture in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool, 2008, vol. II, pp. 617-629 (a similar example).
| Matériel: | Bois doré |
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| Époque historique: | Période géorgienne |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe du Nord, Europe, Royaume-Uni |
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| Matériel: | Bois doré |
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| Époque historique: | Période géorgienne |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe du Nord, Europe, Royaume-Uni |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Meubles et Lampes, Fauteuils et chaises |
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