Property from an Important UK Private Collection
A set of eighteen George III giltwood armchairs, circa 1770, attributed to Thomas Chippendale
Auction Closed
December 4, 03:22 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the oval-form backs with a pearl borders and centred with shell-form crests, the padded curved armrests terminating in scrolls, ten with plain pea-green velvet upholstery and eight in the same shade with a flock pattern, the fluted seat rails above fluted front legs and outsplayed back legs terminating in scroll feet, re-gilt, the undersides with cramp cuts
Property of the Viscounts Astor at Cliveden, Buckinghamshire by 1966, when recorded in the Dining Room;
Collection of a Nobleman;
Acquired by the present owner through Gurr Johns, London, on 27th November 1997.
Gurr, Johns & Company, Caluation for Probate in the Estate of the Rt. Hon. The Viscount Astor, Deceased, Cliveden, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, June 1966, (NT 766414) p.9, where described as a "Set of twenty-two carved wood gilt elbow chairs, oval upholstered backs, with shell centre and bead mouldings, fluted shaped seat rails, fluted tapered turned legs and shaped back legs, with scroll toes, circa 1785 / Three settees to match ... [£]3000"
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