ATTRIBUTED TO MAYHEW AND INCE, CIRCA 1774-1777

细节

A GEORGE III GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIR
ATTRIBUTED TO MAYHEW AND INCE, CIRCA 1774-1777
The heart-shaped medallion padded back and serpentine seat covered in pale-green foliate silk-damask, the back surmounted by an acanthus clasp above part-padded arms with downswept supports carved with Gothic fretwork, on square tapering legs carved with Gothic fretwork, on block feet carved with flowerheads, regilt, rerailed with original giltwood cappings

来源

Almost certainly supplied to George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1746-1818), Warwick Castle, Warwickshire and by descent until
Sold by The Trustees of The Warwick Castle Resettlement; Christie's, London, 21 March 1968, part of lot 114.
Bought from Malletts.

出版

'Warwick Castle, Warwickshire - II', Country Life, 6 June 1914, p. 844 [one chair from the suite shown in situ in The Little Boudoir]

注意事项

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拍场告示

The estimate on this chair has been raised to £3,000-5,000.

拍品专文

This armchair was almost certainly delivered to George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick (d. 1818) by the Golden Square firm of cabinet-makers Messrs. Mayhew and Ince, whose successful partnership lasted from circa 1759 to 1804. Payments from 1774-77 to Mayhew & Ince totalling £180 are recorded in the Greville accounts at Hoare's Bank, which would suggest a relatively small commission (The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986, p. 595).

A set of eight chairs, also likely to have been supplied to George, 2nd Earl of Warwick at around the same time as the present chair and attributed to Mayhew and Ince, was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 10 April 2003, lot 25.