ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, CIRCA 1770

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A GEORGE III CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT ARMCHAIR
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, CIRCA 1770
The shield form back and serpentine seat carved with water leaves and anthemion, upholstered in light blue cut velvet and cream striped upholstery, on fluted legs, with Ford Inventory No. K-3

Literature

E. Brown. Sixty Years of Interior Design: The World of McMillen, New York, 1982, p.203 (illustrated in situ in The Guest Bedroom, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan).

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This armchair can be confidently attributed to Thomas Chippendale based on the quality of the carving, design and the construction, specifically the distinctive cramp cuts to the seat frame. A closely related example is part of a suite of furniture supplied by Chippendale in 1771-2 to Saltram, Devon (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, Bristol, 1978, p.110, fig. 188) of which part remains (NT871318). This chair was originally part of a larger set of which a pair sold anonymously at Christie’s London, 28 May 1964, lot 100.

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