CIRCA 1765, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TWO-FOLD FIRE-SCREEN
CIRCA 1765, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE
Each fold with a glazed panel of 18th century Chinese wallpaper above an open fret panel, on turned legs joined by stretchers
Each panel: 45 x 19 in. (114.5 x 48 cm.) overall

Literature

P. Buchanan, ‘Binderton House’, Homes and Gardens, November 1952, p. 27, (illustrated in the drawing room).

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Lot Essay

This 'Chinoiserie' fret screen closely recalls the folding fire screen framing hand-painted Chinese pictures from Wolverley House, which C. Gilbert attributes to Thomas Chippendale in The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, p. 183, fig. 332. Chippendale also supplied to Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bt., on 28 October 1763, '2 very Neat Mahogany folding Firescreens cover'd wt fine India pictures [Chinese paintings] & Cutt fretts at Bothom a case and packing' at a total cost of £5-18s-0d (ibid., vol. I, p. 160).

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