STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
AN ASSEMBLED SET OF TEN WILLIAM AND MARY CARVED AND TURNED CANED WALNUT CHAIRS, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
October 25, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
AN ASSEMBLED SET OF TEN WILLIAM AND MARY CARVED AND TURNED CANED WALNUT CHAIRS, LATE 17TH CENTURY
nine with later needlepoint seats, comprising eight side chairs and two armchairs; one side chair stamped RD; variations to design and carving
(armchair) height 46 ½ in.; width 24 ½ in.; depth 21 ½ in.; (side chair) height 43 ½ in.; width 20 ½ in.; depth 16 ½ in.
118.25 cm; 62.25 cm; 54.75 cm; 110.5 cm; 52 cm; 42 cm
The pierced 'boyes and crownes' carving on this set supplanted the earlier motif of a pair of cherubs holding a bunch of grapes or basket of flowers and became the most popular decoration for crest and fore-rails during the last fifteen years of the 17th century. Several examples are illustrated in Adam Bowett, English Furniture, 1660–1714: From Charles II to Queen Anne, Woodbridge, England (2002), p. 92-93 figs. 3:41-43.