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Auction archive: Lot number 198

A PAIR OF GEORGE III PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED OPEN ARMCHAIRS

Auction 18.10.2001
18 Oct 2001
Estimate
US$60,000 - US$90,000
Price realised:
US$127,000
Auction archive: Lot number 198

A PAIR OF GEORGE III PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED OPEN ARMCHAIRS

Auction 18.10.2001
18 Oct 2001
Estimate
US$60,000 - US$90,000
Price realised:
US$127,000
Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF GEORGE III PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED OPEN ARMCHAIRS After a design by James Wyatt possibly by Thomas Chippendale circa 1775 Each padded incurved shield-form back above arms and a U-form serpentine-fronted seat upholstered in yellow satin, the serpentine crestrail centered by an anthemion issuing scrolling flowering acanthus and the stiles of back hung with bellflower garlands, the acanthus and rope-carved arms with laurel leaf-carved Greek-key terminals upon downswept bellflower-carved supports, the seatrails carved with guilloche above beaded moldings, the panelled patera-headed turned tapering fluted legs with laurel leaf-capitals and beaded collars, the flutes hung with futher garlands, on toupie feet, with cramp cuts and baton carrying holes to insides of seat rails, slight differences in the seat heights (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 198
Auction:
Datum:
18 Oct 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF GEORGE III PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED OPEN ARMCHAIRS After a design by James Wyatt possibly by Thomas Chippendale circa 1775 Each padded incurved shield-form back above arms and a U-form serpentine-fronted seat upholstered in yellow satin, the serpentine crestrail centered by an anthemion issuing scrolling flowering acanthus and the stiles of back hung with bellflower garlands, the acanthus and rope-carved arms with laurel leaf-carved Greek-key terminals upon downswept bellflower-carved supports, the seatrails carved with guilloche above beaded moldings, the panelled patera-headed turned tapering fluted legs with laurel leaf-capitals and beaded collars, the flutes hung with futher garlands, on toupie feet, with cramp cuts and baton carrying holes to insides of seat rails, slight differences in the seat heights (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 198
Auction:
Datum:
18 Oct 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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