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PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV GREY-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CANAPES
CIRCA 1740
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A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV GREY-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CANAPES
CIRCA 1740
Each with padded back, arms and seat upholstered in duchesse satin applied with 18th century polychrome silk and silver-thread embroidery, on cabriole legs, traces of earlier yellow, green and black decoration, the embroidery re-applied
30 ¾ in. (78 cm.) high; 59 ½ in. (151 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1740
Each with padded back, arms and seat upholstered in duchesse satin applied with 18th century polychrome silk and silver-thread embroidery, on cabriole legs, traces of earlier yellow, green and black decoration, the embroidery re-applied
30 ¾ in. (78 cm.) high; 59 ½ in. (151 cm.) wide
Provenance
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., 25 Park Lane, W.1., recorded in the Boudoir in 1939.
By descent to his sister Sybil, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, Houghton Hall, Norfolk.
Thence by descent to the Marquess of Cholmondeley, sold Works of Art from Houghton, Christie's London, 8 December 1994, lot 66.
Anonymous Collection Sale, The Gothick Pavilion, Christie's London, 26 January 2011, lot 375.
By descent to his sister Sybil, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, Houghton Hall, Norfolk.
Thence by descent to the Marquess of Cholmondeley, sold Works of Art from Houghton, Christie's London, 8 December 1994, lot 66.
Anonymous Collection Sale, The Gothick Pavilion, Christie's London, 26 January 2011, lot 375.
Literature
G. Worsley, 'Houghton', Country Life, 4 March 1993, p. 53, fig. 9 (illustrated in situ in the White Drawing Room)
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Carlijn Dammers
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