The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Country House
The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Country House
A George III Mahogany, Satinwood and Tulipwood-Banded Side Cabinet, Circa 1780
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
opening onto two deep flame-veneered mahogany-lined drawers with apparently original handles, lacking a shelf below, bearing a label internally for Halse's / Upholstery & Cabinet / MANUFACTORY / High Street / Oxford / Appraiser & Auctioneer and another to the reverse for E NESBITT & SONS / 57 Bridge Street / Banbury Oxford with various manuscript inscriptions
height 40 ⅛ in.; 52 ½ in.; 23 ½ in.;
102 cm; 133 cm; 59.5 m
Possibly Dukes of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace;
Gladys Marie Spencer-Churchill, Dowager Duchess of Marlborough (1881-1977);
Christie's London, 29 June 1978, lot 75;
Apter-Fredericks, London;
From whom acquired by Aso O. Tavitian, 8 September 2003.
Born in Paris to expatriate American parents, Gladys Marie Deacon was celebrated as a great beauty in her youth, portrayed by Sargent and Boldini and admired by Proust, who wrote he had never encountered a girl with 'such beauty, such magnificent intelligence, such goodness and charm'. She was the second wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough following his divorce from Consuelo Vanderbilt in 1921. This second marriage was no happier than the first, and the couple gradually became estranged, with the Duke evicting Gladys from Blenheim Palace shortly before his death in 1934. Gladys relocated to North Oxfordshire and then outside Banbury, spending her final years as a recluse.
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