A PAIR OF GEORGE III LACQUERED-GILT-BRONZE-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, HAREWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SERPENTINE COMMODES
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Vendu
378000GBP £ 378 000
| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Lieu de l'événement | Royaume-Uni, London |
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ID 1450962
Lot 14 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III LACQUERED-GILT-BRONZE-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, HAREWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY SERPENTINE COMMODES
Valeur estimée
£ 300 000 – 500 000
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN LINNELL, CIRCA 1765
Each brass-bounded shaped top with a foliate cartouche with ribbon-tied rush border enclosing marquetry musical trophies, with foliate-cast angle mounts and further leaf-tip and ribbon mount to the shaped front and sides enclosing ribbon-tied floral marquetry, with a frieze drawer centred by crossed-palms and flanked by floral sprays with ivory escutcheon above a cupboard door enclosing two short and two graduated long mahogany-lined drawers with foliate-cast handles, terminating in acanthus clasped scroll feet
35 in. (89 cm.) high; 42 ½ in. (108 cm.) wide; 19 in. (48 cm.) deep
Provenance
The collection of Charles T. Jacoby, 80 Knightsbridge, London.
Sir John H. Ward K.C.V.O, Dudley House, Park Lane, London and thence by descent.
Literature
H. Cescinsky,'The collection of the Hon. Sir John. H Ward, K.C.V.O.', Part IV, Connoisseur, August 1921, p. 196 (No. IV).
C. Crowe, 'Furniture at the Burlington Fine Arts Club', Country Life, 9 January 1926, p. 64 (fig. 7).
L. Wood, The Lady Lever Art Gallery, Catalogue of Commodes, London, 1994, pp. 101-105 (figs. 100-101).
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
H. Hayward and P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell, London, 1978, vol. I.
| Artiste: | John Linnell (1792 - 1882) |
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| Technique appliquée: | Marqueterie |
| Matériel: | Bois naturel |
| Époque historique: | Période géorgienne |
| Lieu d'origine: | Angleterre, Europe du Nord, Europe, Royaume-Uni |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Meubles et Lampes, Commodes |
| Artiste: | John Linnell (1792 - 1882) |
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| Technique appliquée: | Marqueterie |
| Matériel: | Bois naturel |
| Époque historique: | Période géorgienne |
| Lieu d'origine: | Angleterre, Europe du Nord, Europe, Royaume-Uni |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Meubles et Lampes, Commodes |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |
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