拍品 111
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS

CIRCA 1775

细节
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
CIRCA 1775
Each with cartouche-shaped padded back, armrests and seat covered in red material, with channelled scrolled arm terminals on conforming supports, on cabriole legs headed by shells (2)
来源
William Rootes, 1st Lord Rootes (d. 1964) and by descent.
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拍品专文

These elegantly serpentined French 'cabriolet' chairs relate to those at Erddig, Wrexham, which were commissioned in 1770 by Elizabeth Cust from the court cabinet-maker, John Cobb (d.1788) (A. L. Cust, Chronicles of Erthig on the Dyke, London, 1914, pp. 118, 119 and 125 and J. Cragg, 'The re-arrangement of room furnishings at Erddig', Apollo, April 2002, p. 38, fig. 4). This pair of armchairs would appear to have formed part of the same suite as a set of six offered at Christie's, London, 6 July 1950, lot 136.