CIRCA 1755, ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL SAUNDERS, THE BACKS RE-SHAPED IN THE 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS
CIRCA 1755, ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL SAUNDERS, THE BACKS RE-SHAPED IN THE 19TH CENTURY
Each with arched padded back above a serpentine seat flanked by padded arms with scrolling terminals, on cabriole legs and scroll feet, one chair with paper label '1614', replacements to some feet
37 in. (94 cm.) high (2)

來源

Possibly acquired by James Montgomery (1720-1803), later 1st Bt. of Stanhope, and by descent at Stobo and Kinross.

出版

Sheila G. Forman, 'Kinross House, Kinross', Country Life, 16 February 1951, p. 475

注意事項

This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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拍品專文

Paul Saunders (1722-1771) was one of the most important suppliers of fashionable upholstered furniture of the 1750s and 1760s, and held the position of Tapestry Maker to His Majesty George III. Amongst the furniture Saunders supplied to Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (5th creation) for Holkham Hall, Norfolk, between 1755 and 1758 is a group of seat furniture which bear similarities in design to the present pair of chairs. One from this group with very comparable detailing, in particular the fluting of the lower leg and the scroll foot, is illustrated A. Coleridge, 'Some Mid-Georgian Cabinet-Makers at Holkham', Apollo, February 1964, p. 123, fig. 1.

A group of closely related seat furniture attributed to Saunders, with cabochons to the knees and scrolled feet, was supplied to the Earls Spencer for Spencer House, London and Althorp, Northamptonshire (some sold Christie's London, 8 July 2010, lot 1035).