A SUITE OF GILTWOOD SEAT FURNITURE, comprising: eight fauteuils, a fire-screen and a canapé, each with arched rectangular padded back, arm-rests and seat covered in pale green floral silk damask, the cresting edged with gadrooning and flanked by berried finials, the back with pierced fluted columnar supports headed by flowerheads, with bowed seat and on stop-fluted turned tapering legs, re-gilt, the fire-screen with slightly arched rectangular panel edged with lotus-leaf and with pierced quiver-of-arrows cresting flanked by berried finials, on turned fluted columnar-supports and channelled scrolled legs and feet, re-gilt, restorations
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A SUITE OF GILTWOOD SEAT FURNITURE, comprising: eight fauteuils, a fire-screen and a canapé, each with arched rectangular padded back, arm-rests and seat covered in pale green floral silk damask, the cresting edged with gadrooning and flanked by berried finials, the back with pierced fluted columnar supports headed by flowerheads, with bowed seat and on stop-fluted turned tapering legs, re-gilt, the fire-screen with slightly arched rectangular panel edged with lotus-leaf and with pierced quiver-of-arrows cresting flanked by berried finials, on turned fluted columnar-supports and channelled scrolled legs and feet, re-gilt, restorations
the fire-screen 31½in. (80cm.) wide; 40½in. (103cm.) high; 14in. (36cm.) deep
the canapé 65in. (165cm.) wide (10)
Provenance
The late Hon. J.B. Fermor-Hesketh, sold in these Rooms, 26 November 1970, lot 123
Lot Essay
A related suite was offered at Sotheby's Monaco, 9-10 February 1981, lot 538