CIRCA 1770

Details

A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPOD CANDLESTANDS
CIRCA 1770
Each with a circular dished top on a reeded and fluted baluster column, on serpentine legs with roundel-sided feet
31½ in. (80 cm.) high, 10½ in. (26.5 cm.) diameter (2)

Provenance

with Hotspur Ltd., London.
A New England collection; Christie's, New York, 13 April 2000, lot 6.

Literature

D. Nickerson, English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1963, p. 77, fig. 80.

Lot Essay

These candlestands formed part of an important New England collection highlighted by the spectacular pair of 'palm room' chairs from Spencer House sold by Christie's, New York, 17 October 1997, lot 422. The candlestands were sold among additional examples from the collection on 13 April 2000, lot 5-29.

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