Lot 268
268
A PAIR OF REGENCY GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS
This lot will be removed to Christie’s Park Royal.… Read more PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE LORD AND LADY JOHN CHOLMONDELEY (LOTS 263 - 268)
A PAIR OF REGENCY GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS

CIRCA 1800

Details
A PAIR OF REGENCY GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS
CIRCA 1800
Each with padded back, arms and seat upholstered in later cream and brown geometric-pattern covers by David Hicks, the scrolled back with entrelac-carved border, the tapering fluted and scrolled arm supports above satyr-headed sabre legs terminating in hairy hoof feet, re-gilt, one inscribed in ink '42060'
34 ¼ in. (87 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 21 ¾ in. (55 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from Mallett, London,
Lord and Lady John Cholmondeley in the 1960s, and thence by descent.
Literature
Ashley Hicks, 'Ashley Hicks Tours the Forgotten Apartments of Lord and Lady John Cholmondeley', Architectural Digest, accessed 11 March 2019.
David Hicks, David Hicks on decoration, 5, Berkshire, 1972, p. 145.
Special notice
This lot will be removed to Christie’s Park Royal. Christie’s will inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. Our removal and storage of the lot is subject to the terms and conditions of storage which can be found at Christies.com/storage and our fees for storage are set out in the table below - these will apply whether the lot remains with Christie’s or is removed elsewhere. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Christie’s Park Royal. All collections from Christie’s Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com. If the lot remains at Christie’s it will be available for collection on any working day 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. Lots are not available for collection at weekends.

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Lot Essay

A pair of armchairs of identical pattern was sold anonymously Christie's, New York, 14 October 1989, lot 123 ($25,300 incl' premium), and another pair, plus two modern copies, was sold Sotheby's, New York, 16/17 April 1998, lot 898 ($43,125 incl' premium).

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