拍品 96
96
ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1750, IN THE MANNER OF JOHN BELCHIER
ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1750, IN THE MANNER OF JOHN BELCHIER
ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1750, IN THE MANNER OF JOHN BELCHIER
ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1750, IN THE MANNER OF JOHN BELCHIER
3 更多
This lot will be removed to Christie’s Park Royal.… 顯示更多
ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1750, IN THE MANNER OF JOHN BELCHIER

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BOOKCASE

細節
ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1750, IN THE MANNER OF JOHN BELCHIER
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BOOKCASE
The broken triangular dentilled pediment above a pair of glazed doors enclosing three adjustable shelves, above a pair of fielded panelled doors enclosing three adjustable shelves, on plinth base, inscribed to the reverse in chalk '186 / 6⁄1/61', '12301' and 'K2302' to plinth, with apotropaic mark to reverse
103 in. (262 cm.) high; 58 1⁄2 in. (149 cm.) wide; 21 1⁄4 in. (54 cm.) deep
來源
(According to chalk inscription) sold 6 January 1961, lot 186.
Acquired from Richard Grose, London, October 1963.
注意事項
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.

榮譽呈獻

Amelia Walker
Amelia Walker Director, Specialist Head of Private & Iconic Collections
+44 20 7389 2085

拍品專文


This bookcase's Roman temple pediment is hollowed in the centre after the 'Tuscan' Order of Architecture illustrated in B. Langley, The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs, 1740 (pl. 157). The label of John Belchier (d. 1753) has been recorded on a related bookcase with broken pediment, fielded panelled lower doors and plinth base, sold Sotheby's, London, 18 November 1994, lot 77 (C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, Leeds, 1996, p. 88, fig. 73).

更多來自 尼古拉斯·古迪森爵士珍藏英國藝術：創意與匠心

查看全部
查看全部