A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS

Лот 373
22.10.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 327 600
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Лот 373 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS
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$ 100 000 – 150 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS

ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN GORDON, POSSIBLY AFTER DESIGNS BY JAMES 'ATHENIAN' STUART, CIRCA 1760-1762

Each cartouche-shaped back upholstered à chassis, the arms and seat covered in French silk and metallic brocade, circa 1730-40, the molded frame decorated with pearl-beaded panels enclosing acanthus leaves, on cabriole legs with scrolled feet, the reverse with a similar French silk, 19th century, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label, one with ink inscription No 26 to back rail, the other ...9

42 in. (107 cm.) high, 27 1/2 in. (70 cm.) wide, 27 1/2 in. (70 cm.) deep





Provenance

Supplied to John Spencer, later 1st Earl Spencer (1734-1783), for the Great Saloon and Withdrawing Room, Spencer House, St. James's, London as part of a larger suite of seat furniture.

Thence by descent to the Earl Spencer at Spencer House and Althorp, Northamptonshire.

With Partridge, London.

Edward Sarofim; Christie's, London, 16 November 1995, lot 149.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.



Literature

P. Thornton and J. Hardy, 'The Spencer Furniture at Althorp,' Apollo, June 1968, pp. 440-451, figs. 6-7.

A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture: The Work of Thomas Chippendale and His Contemporaries, London, 1969, p. 84.

Partidge, 'Summer Exhibition,' Catalogue, 1986, no. 24, pp. 64-67.

L. Harris, Robert Adam and Kedleston, London, 1987, pp. 26 and 27.

J. Friedman, Spencer House, London, 1993, p. 254.





Exhibited

London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Treasures from Althorp, no. 31 (two from the set).



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