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CIRCA 1770
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD WINDOW BENCHES
CIRCA 1770
Each with an upholstered serpentine front seat with outscrolling arms and rosette terminals raised on leaf-carved and fluted turned tapered legs, one with French and Co. inventory number 75891 to underside
27 ¼ in. (69 cm.) high, 35 in. (89 cm.) wide, 15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1770
Each with an upholstered serpentine front seat with outscrolling arms and rosette terminals raised on leaf-carved and fluted turned tapered legs, one with French and Co. inventory number 75891 to underside
27 ¼ in. (69 cm.) high, 35 in. (89 cm.) wide, 15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Sir Robert Hadfield (1858-1940), Parkhead House, near Sheffield, Yorkshire; Parke Bernet Gallery, New York, 19 February 1942, lot 453.
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Adams, purchased by French and Company Inc., New York, 27 February 1942.
From French and Company, Inc., New York, acquired December 1948.
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Adams, purchased by French and Company Inc., New York, 27 February 1942.
From French and Company, Inc., New York, acquired December 1948.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 324, no. 348.
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