Lot Essay
The mythological love scenes, displayed in ribbon-framed cartouches, may be inspired by Homer's Iliad or History of Troy, and include Cupid attending the courtship of the Trojan prince Paris and Helen.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
(LOTS 100-114)
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
Each with waved toprail, the padded back and serpentine seat covered in 18th century gros and petit point needlework (associated and possibly French) depicting peasants playing and music-making in cartouches, surrounded by foliage, the seats with conforming cartouches depicting scenes from the Fables de Fontaine, the part-padded outcurved arms with scrolled terminals on foliage and strapwork-carved downswept supports, on blind fretwork-carved legs and leather castors, one re-railed, the other with later framework, with slight variation to the profile of arms, the front rails possibly originally straight (2)
Each with waved toprail, the padded back and serpentine seat covered in 18th century gros and petit point needlework (associated and possibly French) depicting peasants playing and music-making in cartouches, surrounded by foliage, the seats with conforming cartouches depicting scenes from the Fables de Fontaine, the part-padded outcurved arms with scrolled terminals on foliage and strapwork-carved downswept supports, on blind fretwork-carved legs and leather castors, one re-railed, the other with later framework, with slight variation to the profile of arms, the front rails possibly originally straight (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale [private collection], Sotheby's New York, 16-17 April 1993, lot 538.
Hotspur.
Hotspur.