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拍品專文
The elaborate decoration on this chair reflects the movement to more intricate ornament c. 1720-25 on a fundamentally Queen Anne form. The French design influence of Daniel Marot is also marked by the use of Roman acanthus and strapwork, which are typical of motifs produced by the great architect and designer to William III and illustrated in his Nouveau Livre d'Orfevrerie. The elements of the stepped graduated shell and robustly-carved dolphin feet evoke Classical marine imagery such as Venus rising from the sea or Neptune on his chariot and also a growing attention for trade and travel in the East. Such feet feature on a Chairman's seat supplied about 1730 for an East India Trading Company court room in London's Leadenhall Street (Country Life, vol. 65, 1929, p242, fig. 11).
A remarkably similar chair, with a double foliate-scroll-carved apron, formerly part of the collection acclaimed of Sir George Donaldson (illustrated R. Edwards The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1964, p. 136, fig. 76.) was sold from the Property of Melvyn H. Rollason, Esq, Christie's, London, 17 November 1983, lot 63. What was possibly the very same chair, if not, an identical example was sold anonymously, Sotheby's, London, 10 February 1989, lot 40.
A remarkably similar chair, with a double foliate-scroll-carved apron, formerly part of the collection acclaimed of Sir George Donaldson (illustrated R. Edwards The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1964, p. 136, fig. 76.) was sold from the Property of Melvyn H. Rollason, Esq, Christie's, London, 17 November 1983, lot 63. What was possibly the very same chair, if not, an identical example was sold anonymously, Sotheby's, London, 10 February 1989, lot 40.