Lot Essay
The design for these chairs is taken directly from Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754, pl.IX.
CIRCA 1760, AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE
Details
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
circa 1760, after a design by Thomas Chippendale
Each foliate-carved crest over a similar pierced splat above a padded seat covered in close-nailed patterned beige silk, on square tapering panelled legs carved with trailing bellflowers with square molded feet, one inscribed in chalk 3444 and one with printed paper label ART TREASURES EXHIBITION CHRISTIE'S 1932 NO.163 BRITISH ANTIQUE DEALERS ASSOCIATION, one lacking carved element to splat, three chairs inscribed respectively in pen No. 2, No. 7 and No. 8 (4)
circa 1760, after a design by Thomas Chippendale
Each foliate-carved crest over a similar pierced splat above a padded seat covered in close-nailed patterned beige silk, on square tapering panelled legs carved with trailing bellflowers with square molded feet, one inscribed in chalk 3444 and one with printed paper label ART TREASURES EXHIBITION CHRISTIE'S 1932 NO.163 BRITISH ANTIQUE DEALERS ASSOCIATION, one lacking carved element to splat, three chairs inscribed respectively in pen No. 2, No. 7 and No. 8 (4)
Provenance
With Stuart and Turner, London, 1935 (possibly others of the same set)
Bought from Arthur S. Vernay Inc., New York in 1940
Thence by descent
Bought from Arthur S. Vernay Inc., New York in 1940
Thence by descent
Literature
R.W. Symonds, '17th and 18th Century Chairs - II', Apollo, July 1931, p. 22, fig. vii (detail)
R.W. Symonds, 'Furniture at the Antique Dealer's Fair', Apollo, vol. 22, September 1935, p. 140, fig. xxiv
R.W. Symonds, 'Chippendale, Adam and the Classic Revival in Chair Design', Antique Collector, vol. 22, November-December 1951, fig. 1
R.W. Symonds, 'Furniture at the Antique Dealer's Fair', Apollo, vol. 22, September 1935, p. 140, fig. xxiv
R.W. Symonds, 'Chippendale, Adam and the Classic Revival in Chair Design', Antique Collector, vol. 22, November-December 1951, fig. 1
Exhibited
London, Christie's King Street, B.A.D.A. Art Treasures Exhibition, 1932, no.163
London, Grosvenor House, The Antique Dealers' Fair, 1935 (possibly others from the same set)
London, Grosvenor House, The Antique Dealers' Fair, 1935 (possibly others from the same set)