SECOND QUAURTER 18TH CENTURY

細節

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR
Second quaurter 18th Century
Covered in petit point needlework of a pair of parrots amongst foliage and strapwork on the back and a vase of flowers on the seat, on cabriole legs and scrolled feet, previously with sunk castors

來源

James Thursby-Pelham, Esq., sold by his decendant, Christie's London, 7 July 1994, lot 165.

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品專文

This armchair once formed part of the celebrated collection of James Thursby-Pelham, an acknowledged expert on early English furniture and English portraiture who formed his collection around the time of the First World War. The furniture was assembled under the guidance of prominent advisor R. W. Symonds. Many examples from his home at 55 Cadogan Gardens are published in the 1954 edition of The Dictionary of English Furniture including a George II library armchair now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (vol. I, p. 265, fig. 124), a George III oval-back armchair (vol. I, p. 299, fig. 233) and a William and Mary gilt-gesso torchere (vol. III, p. 148, fig. 9).