EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS

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A SET OF FOUR MAHOGANY TORCHERES
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SUPPLIED BY FRANCES ELKINS
Of George II style, with hexagon-shaped rimmed top on pierced, stand and scrolled tripod legs, one inscribed 'MADE IN ENGLAND' in black ink
41½ in. (105 cm.) high, top 16 in. (40.5 cm.) wide, 13½ in. (34 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

with Richardson, 47 Duke Street, London and sold to Robinson, London on 11 January 1931 (one torchere).
The single torchere acquired from Robertson, London as 18th century for £23 ($78.20), together with three copies for £45 ($153) and shipped in April 1932 (listed by Frances Elkins on 10 May).

Literature

A. O. Patterson, 'On the High Bluffs of Lake Forest near Chicago', Town and Country, 15 January 1934, p. 25.
S. M. Salny, The Country Houses of David Adler, 2001, p. 35.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

The design corresponds to patterns for 'Candle Stands' published in Thomas Chippendale's The Director, 1762, pl. CXLVI. An eighteenth century pair of this design in black and gilt lacquer was sold by the Trustees of the late Mrs. U. M. G. Leavett-Shenley, Christie's, London, 13 January 1977, lot 111 (see C. Musgrave, 'The Holt, Upham: Hampshire Home of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Leavett-Shenley', The Connoisseur, June 1962).

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