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PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF GEORGE I GILT-GESSO AND SPECIMEN MARBLE SIDE TABLES
IN THE MANNER OF JAMES MOORE, CIRCA 1720-25, THE TOPS ROMAN AND ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO VINELLI, CIRCA 1779 AND ENLARGED
细节
A PAIR OF GEORGE I GILT-GESSO AND SPECIMEN MARBLE SIDE TABLES
IN THE MANNER OF JAMES MOORE, CIRCA 1720-25, THE TOPS ROMAN AND ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO VINELLI, CIRCA 1779 AND ENLARGED
The rectangular tops inlaid with a variety of hexagonal marble and hardstone specimens including lapis lazuli, alabaster, Porfido serpentino antico, amethyst, Spanish broccatello, Serpentino di Genova and Granito rosso antico, above a foliate-decorated frieze with a punched ground, on broken cabriole legs headed by plumed masks and scrolling acanthus terminating in scroll feet, the tops originally with verde antico borders and a separate slab to back edge and probably enlarged to current form post-1972, regilt
31 ¾ in. (80.5 cm.) high; 47 ¾ in. (121 cm.) wide; 30 in. (76 cm.) deep
IN THE MANNER OF JAMES MOORE, CIRCA 1720-25, THE TOPS ROMAN AND ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO VINELLI, CIRCA 1779 AND ENLARGED
The rectangular tops inlaid with a variety of hexagonal marble and hardstone specimens including lapis lazuli, alabaster, Porfido serpentino antico, amethyst, Spanish broccatello, Serpentino di Genova and Granito rosso antico, above a foliate-decorated frieze with a punched ground, on broken cabriole legs headed by plumed masks and scrolling acanthus terminating in scroll feet, the tops originally with verde antico borders and a separate slab to back edge and probably enlarged to current form post-1972, regilt
31 ¾ in. (80.5 cm.) high; 47 ¾ in. (121 cm.) wide; 30 in. (76 cm.) deep
来源
The gilt-gesso bases possibly supplied to Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (1689–1741), the specimen marble tops probably those supplied to Phillip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke (1757-1834) in 1779,
Thence by descent to Elizabeth Scot Yorke (née Lindsay), Countess of Hardwicke (1763–1858) at Tyttenhanger House, Hertfordshire,
Thence by descent to the Earls of Caledon until sold, Tyttenhanger House: The Contents; Ralph Pay and Ransom, London, 27-29 June 1972, lot 405.
With Mallett & Son Antiques, London and subsequently acquired by Gerald Hochschild.
The Hochschild Collection of Highly Important English Furniture; Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1978, lot 16.
Acquired from the above through Hotspur Ltd. and thence by descent.
Thence by descent to Elizabeth Scot Yorke (née Lindsay), Countess of Hardwicke (1763–1858) at Tyttenhanger House, Hertfordshire,
Thence by descent to the Earls of Caledon until sold, Tyttenhanger House: The Contents; Ralph Pay and Ransom, London, 27-29 June 1972, lot 405.
With Mallett & Son Antiques, London and subsequently acquired by Gerald Hochschild.
The Hochschild Collection of Highly Important English Furniture; Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1978, lot 16.
Acquired from the above through Hotspur Ltd. and thence by descent.
出版
Inventory & Valuation of Furniture, Fixtures and Effects at Tittenhanger [sic] House St Albans, the property of the late Countess Dowager of Hardwicke, 20 July 1858, p. 67 (Hertfordshire Archives Office D/ECd (Add) F38).
An Inventory of Furniture, China, Glass, Books and other effects at Tyttenhanger House near St Albans, The Property of the Right Honourable Countess of Caledon and let to H. W. Eaton Esq., July 1864 (Hertfordshire Archives Office D/ECd (Add) E15).
H. Avray Tipping, ‘Tyttenhanger, Hertfordshire, The Seat of the Earl of Caledon – II’, Country Life, 11 October 1919, p. 454, fig. 1.
H. Avray Tipping, ‘Furniture at Tyttenhanger’, Country Life, 8 November 1919, p. 590, fig. 1 (showing specimen marble tops in original form).
H. Avray Tipping, English Homes, Period IV – Vol. I, Late Stuart 1649-1714, London, 1920, p. 77, fig. 108A.
L. Synge, Mallet’s Great English Furniture, London, 1991, p. 86, pl. 90.
An Inventory of Furniture, China, Glass, Books and other effects at Tyttenhanger House near St Albans, The Property of the Right Honourable Countess of Caledon and let to H. W. Eaton Esq., July 1864 (Hertfordshire Archives Office D/ECd (Add) E15).
H. Avray Tipping, ‘Tyttenhanger, Hertfordshire, The Seat of the Earl of Caledon – II’, Country Life, 11 October 1919, p. 454, fig. 1.
H. Avray Tipping, ‘Furniture at Tyttenhanger’, Country Life, 8 November 1919, p. 590, fig. 1 (showing specimen marble tops in original form).
H. Avray Tipping, English Homes, Period IV – Vol. I, Late Stuart 1649-1714, London, 1920, p. 77, fig. 108A.
L. Synge, Mallet’s Great English Furniture, London, 1991, p. 86, pl. 90.
拍场告示
The specimen tops are probably those referred to in a letter from James Byres to Phillip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, dated 17 April 1779. Byres writes ‘the two tables / studies of the different marbles, & alabasters were forgot in the note you gave me, but Sigr. [Antonio] Vinelli call’d upon me the other day, to inform me that they were finish’d, I have paid him fortyfour Sequins for them and received the Tables’.
Christie’s are extremely grateful to Tom Johans, a PhD student at the University of Buckingham, for bringing this correspondence to our attention. The letter forms part of the Brinsley Ford material at the Paul Mellon Centre and a copy of the letter is available on request.
Please note the cataloguing and provenance for this lot have been updated accordingly.
Christie’s are extremely grateful to Tom Johans, a PhD student at the University of Buckingham, for bringing this correspondence to our attention. The letter forms part of the Brinsley Ford material at the Paul Mellon Centre and a copy of the letter is available on request.
Please note the cataloguing and provenance for this lot have been updated accordingly.
荣誉呈献
Thomas Williams
International Head of English Furniture & Clocks
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