Provenance & Patina: Important English Furniture from a West Coast Collection
Provenance & Patina: Important English Furniture from a West Coast Collection
A Pair of George II Carved Mahogany Ribbon-Back Side Chairs, Circa 1755, After a Design by Thomas Chippendale
Auction Closed
June 18, 08:33 PM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
each with a foliate carved arched crest rail above a pierced interlaced splat carved with a ribbon suspending C-scrolls joining pierced foliate stiles, the serpentine over-upholstered seat, above a scalloped C-scroll and shaped apron centered by a cartouche, on hipped foliate-carved cabriole legs ending in scrolled feet, with white-painted 333 and 337 to inner back rail
height 39 ¼ in.; width 25 ¼ in.; depth 25 ½ in.
100 cm; 64 cm; 75 cm
Part of a set of eight likely acquired by Thomas Harvard for Barrington Court, Somerset, circa 1756, but removed to Dillington House in the early 19th century;
With R.L. Harrington, Ltd.;
With Hotspur Ltd., London;
Private Collection, London;
Christie’s London, 6 July 2023, lot 53.
N. Carew, 'Montacute House, Somerset', Connoisseur Year Book, 1952, p. 17, No. IX, the set of eight chairs in the dining room.
A. Oswald, 'Montacute Re-visited—II', Country Life, 27 October 1955, p. 962, fig. 6.
G. Wills, English Furniture, 1760-1900, London, 1971, p.25, pl.3.
N. Goodison and R. Kern (ed), Hotspur: Eighty Years of Antique Dealing, Enfield, 2004, p. 137.
L. Wood, ‘Tied Up In Knots: Three Centuries of the Ribbon-Back Chair,’ Furniture History, 2015, vol. 51, fig.3.
Montacute House, Somerset, 1948-1979.