A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS

CIRCA 1770

細節

A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS
CIRCA 1770
Each with a pierced shield-form back, the crestrail centered by Prince-of-Wales feathers, above a serpentine padded seat covered in close-nailed cream and green patterned wool, above patera-headed square tapering fluted legs (2)

來源

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 11 October 1992, lot 237.

拍品專文

The design of these chairs is a combination of patterns by Gillows included in their Estimate Sketch Book now preserved in the Westminster archives. The shield back and the form of the arm supports feature in a design for a 'shield-back chair' of about 1785-90 whilst the feather design and sun-flower motif appear on a design for a 'drapery and feather back armchair' both reproduced in L. Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, 1995, figs. 266 and 273 respectively.