CIRCA 1800

Details

A PAIR OF REGENCY GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS
CIRCA 1800
Each with scrolled padded back and bowfront seat covered in duck-egg blue repp, the panelled arms with spirally-fluted terminals and on fluted scroll supports, on bearded satyr-mask headed sabre legs and hoof feet, one stamped H and inscribed E4260, the other inscribed in ink 'Docket No 2' (?), re-gilt
34 in. (86 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

Provenance

Purchased by Hugh Sassoon from Mallett & Son Antiques Ltd, 28 November 1957, £510.

Special notice

Specified lots are being stored at Crozier Park Royal (details below) or will be removed from Christie’s, 8 King Street, London, SW1Y 6QT by 5.00pm on the day of the sale. Christie’s will inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. If the lot has been transferred to Crozier Park Royal, it will be available for collection from 12.00pm on the second business day following the sale. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Crozier Park Royal. All collections from Crozier Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com. If the lot remains at Christie’s, 8 King Street, it will be available for collection on any working day (not weekends) from 9.00am to 5.00pm

Conditions of sale

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Amelia Walker Director, Specialist Head of Private & Iconic Collections

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Lot Essay

A pair of armchairs of identical pattern but with entrelac-carved borders to the back, also previously with Mallett in the 1950s/1960s, was sold from the collection of the late Lord and Lady John Cholmondeley, Christie's, London, 13 November 2019, lot 268 (£12,500 inc. premium). A further pair was sold anonymously at Christie's, New York, 14 October 1989, lot 123 ($25,300 inc. premium), and another pair, plus two modern copies, was sold Sotheby's, New York, 16-17 April 1998, lot 898 ($43,125 inc. premium).

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