A GEORGE II MAHOGANY AND WALNUT POLE SCREEN

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY AND WALNUT POLE SCREEN
The rectangular tapestry banner with a bouquet of flowers, in a foliate and ribbon-tied frame, on a pole with flaming finial and fluted column with cabriole legs and pointed pad feet, one leg with restored break
66 in. (168 cm.) high; the banner 25 x 21 in. (63.5 x 53.5 cm.)

Provenance

Mrs. Wakefield Saunders (née Lothrope), 2 Hyde Park Gardens, London W2 and by descent.

Literature

Law, Foulsham & Cole, Ltd., 1928 Inventory of 2 Hyde Park Gardens, London W2, Dining Room, 'AN OLD WALNUT POLE-SCREEN - Circa 1720. With carved flambeau top on fluted and turned pillar and tripod support, the feet are ridged in the centre; fitted with a panel of old Soho tapestry, 23½ x 19¾ in., woven with a bouquet of flowers in colours on a brown ground, in a frame with carved ribbon and rosette border. £140-0-0.'

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Lot Essay

The same bouquets, in gros point needlework, featured on tripod pole-screens commissioned from Gillows by William, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (d. 1833) for Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire (sold in the Wentworth sale, in these Rooms, 8 July 1998, lot 81).

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