A GEORGE III GILT-LIMEWOOD VASE STAND
A GEORGE III GILT-LIMEWOOD VASE STAND
A GEORGE III GILT-LIMEWOOD VASE STAND
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A GEORGE III GILT-LIMEWOOD VASE STAND

POSSIBLY BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, CIRCA 1770-1775

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A GEORGE III GILT-LIMEWOOD VASE STAND
POSSIBLY BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, CIRCA 1770-1775
Of circular form, with bead and stiff-leaf border, regilt, losses to gilding; together with a Regency giltwood stand of socle form, 19th century and an ebonised base stand with felt top
3 ¼ in. (8 cm.) high; 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Possibly supplied by Thomas Chippendale to Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, at Harewood House, Yorkshire and thence by descent.

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Lot Essay


Harewood House, Yorkshire, was by far the largest, most prestigious and valuable commission that Thomas Chippendale (d. 1779), furniture designer and master craftsman, would undertake. In its execution he excelled, producing some of the finest furniture of his career, and fully embracing the new neo-classical vision with his employment of 'antique' ornament. His work at Harewood House took eleven years to complete and costing in excess of £10,000. A border of beading above a stiff leaf border can be seen on Chippendale's furniture in the 'neo-classical' phase, and includes: a room-border from the Alcove Bedchamber at Harewood House, and a japanned blue and white looking-glass, 1767, at Mersham (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, Leeds, 1978, vol. II, p. 153, fig. 280; p. 283, fig. 515). Interestingly, this decorative motif also appears on the frontispiece by Chippendale Junior to his Sketches of Ornament, published in 1779 (J. Goodison, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale Junior, London, 2017, p. 35, fig. 12).

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