A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TORCHERE

CIRCA 1760

Details

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TORCHERE
Circa 1760
With triangular incurved top on three S-shaped supports above a cluster column stem headed by acanthus, on molded downcurved legs and scrolled toes, bearing a metal plaque 'HUMPHREY W. COOK COLLECTION' and '1042', lacking gallery
44in. (112cm.) high, 14in. (37cm.) wide

Provenance

Humphrey W. Cook
Alfred H. Mulliner, Esq.
Mrs. Harrison Williams, sold Parke-Bernet, New York, 22-23 May 1952, lot 265

Lot Essay

This torchere is nearly identical to a design for a candlestand published in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director of 1762, pl. CXLIV. An identical torchere, if not the same, is illustrated in R.W.P. Luff, 'The Fret Decoration of Mid-Eighteenth Century Furniture in England', The Antique Collector, June 1973, p. 144, fig. 9.