Lot 94
94
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY CANDLE-STANDS of the same model as lot 93 but with smaller serpentine-sided triangular tops edged with egg-and-dart ornament, the flared supports carved with pendant leaf sprays and beading, the tapering shafts with fluting headed by bands of blind-fretwork and the bases with upspringing acanthus foliage, on moulded tripod bases with scrolled toes, one top support repaired, and chips to underside of top, two legs repaired, the feet with small replacements, the other with the top support repaired, one leg repaired, one foot with small replacement piece

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY CANDLE-STANDS of the same model as lot 93 but with smaller serpentine-sided triangular tops edged with egg-and-dart ornament, the flared supports carved with pendant leaf sprays and beading, the tapering shafts with fluting headed by bands of blind-fretwork and the bases with upspringing acanthus foliage, on moulded tripod bases with scrolled toes, one top support repaired, and chips to underside of top, two legs repaired, the feet with small replacements, the other with the top support repaired, one leg repaired, one foot with small replacement piece
15in. (38cm.) wide; 44¾in. (113.5cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Bought from Hotspur, 30 April 1959, for #880
Literature

Lot Essay

A pair of candle-stands with identical shafts but hexagonal tops were sold from the Collection of S. Eckman, Esq., at Sotheby's London, 6 October 1967, lot 166

The same unusual flattened scroll feet as on these three pairs of candle-stands (lots 93-95) appear also on a pair of giltwood 'Candle Stands' supplied by Thomas Chippendale to the 2nd Duke of Atholl at Blair Castle, Perthshire (illustrated in A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London, 1968, pl. 288)

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