A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY LIBRARY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY LIBRARY OPEN ARMCHAIRS

ATTRIBUTED TO WRIGHT AND ELWICK

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY LIBRARY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
Attributed to Wright and Elwick
Each with a serpentine-crested rectangular padded back, armrests and seat covered in close-nailed ivory silk damask, with foliage-carved arm-supports and waived apron carved with C-scrolls, on cabriole legs and cabochon-carved scroll feet, headed by acanthus, the rails in solid mahogany, one front foot replaced, replacements to the seat-rails and under the armrests, one front leg spliced (2)
来源
Either anonymous sale, Sotheby's New York, 8-9 December 1989, lot 483
Or Grace L. Lambert, (+), sold Sotheby's New York, 22 January 1994, lot 92.
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拍品专文

This pair of chairs is the same model as a suite from Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, now attributed to Wright and Elwick, and a suite from Hackwood, Hampshire, probably originating from Bolton Hall, Yorkshire. Wright and Elwick, partners in Wakefield from 1747 to 1771, supplied much of the furniture for Wentworth Woodhouse (see E. Lennox-Boyd, 'The Wentworth Cabinet-Maker: Wright and Elwick', the Wentworth Sale Catalogue, 8 July 1998, pp. 110-112).
Pieces from the Wentworth suite, supplied to Charles, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (d. 1782) have been sold as follows:
8 side chairs, 3 armchairs and 2 settees, sold from Wentworth Woodhouse, Christie's London (Spencer House), 15 July 1948, lots 62 and 63.
1 settee (from above sale), Christie's London, 9 July 1998 ,lot 56.
8 side chairs (from above sale), sold by the Hon. Mrs. Brian Rootes, Christie's London, 8 February 1973, lot 483.
1 stool, sold in the Wentworth sale, Christie's London, 8 July 1998, lot 67.

Pieces from the Bolton suite, supplied to the 5th Duke of Bolton (d. 1765) have been sold as follows:
3 side chairs, sold from Hackwood, Christie's house sale, 20-22 April 1998, lots 119-120.

Another similar pair of chairs was sold by John Fleming, Esq., in these Rooms, 27 March 1938, lot 105. A further similar single chair was sold from the Estate of Lita Annenberg Hazen, Sotheby's New York, 17 May 1996, lot 94.