The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Country House
The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Country House
A Near Pair of George III Carved Mahogany Open Armchairs, Circa 1765
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
the back splats with elaborate pierced carving including a bellflower and a Chinese Chippendale style trellis, the armrests with architectural arches and inset corners at the elbows, the seats covered with later upholstery, the square legs with angle brackets, the back rail of one bearing an ivorine label reading LADY LUDLOW COLLECTION and 710, minor differences in scale and details to carving on backs
larger chair height 35 ¾ in.; width 26 ¼ in.; depth 23 ½ in.
smaller chair height 35 in.; width 26 ¼ in.; depth 23 ½ in.
91 cm; 66.5 cm; 59.5 cm
88.5 cm; 66.5 cm; 59.5 cm
The first:
Probably Sir Julius Wernher (1850-1912), Bath House, Piccadilly, London or Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire;
Thence by descent to his widow, Alice, later Lady Ludlow (1862-1945);
Jeremy Ltd., London, May 1979;
S. Jon Gerstenfeld, Washington, DC;
Christie's London, 25 November 2004, lot 59;
Where acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.
The second:
Ronald Phillips, Ltd., London, 28 July 2005;
From whom acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.
(Probably) R.A. Lee advertisement, Apollo, August 1969.
E. Lennox-Boyd, (ed.), Masterpieces of English Furniture: The Gerstenfeld Collection, London 1998, p. 210, no. 37.
A pair of armchairs of identical model was sold Sotheby's New York, 12-13 April 1996, lot 399, and originally came from Headfort House, County Meath, Ireland, suggesting these chairs may be of Irish manufacture. An almost identical armchair with slight variations to the carved design was sold Bonham's London, 1 July 2003, lot 82, and a settee of this design from the collection of Sir Sydney Greville is illustrated in Ralph Edwards and Percy Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London 1954, vol. III, p. 84, fig. 32; this may be one of a pair of settees of this model that was sold Christie's New York, 12 October 1996, lot 37, and a further settee of this type is illustrated in Anthony Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London 1968, fig. 195. Finally, a matched set of sixteen dining chairs of near identical model but with guttae feet was also sold Christie's New York, 12 October 1996, lot 36.
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