A George II Carved Mahogany 'Horse' Fire Screen, Circa 1755, After a Design in the First Edition of Chippendale's Director (1754), Attributed to William Bradshaw
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February 8, 09:14 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 40,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
en suite with lot 1167 in this sale
the arched pierced top rail carved with C-scrolls and stylised foliage, the uprights headed by carved chinoiserie pagoda finials, with blind fret carving, with a pierced shaped apron below, raised on scroll-carved pierced cabriole legs, with an inset arabesque tapestry depicting a cockatoo against an olive ground within a floral and scroll border, the tapestry now with a modern linen backing, on brass and leather castors
height 49 ½ in.; width 38 ¼ in.; depth 25 ¼ in.
126 cm; 97 cm; 64 cm
Almost certainly commissioned by Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick (1719-1773), Warwick Castle;
Thence by descent at Warwick Castle;
Sotheby's London, 6 June 2006, lot 272A;
Where acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.
One of the two, likely the pheasant example, pictured in Country Life, 6 June 1914, p.842.
J. A. Brooks, Warwick Castle: Its History in Text and Pictures, Norwich 1970, [n.p.].
Inventory of Warwick Castle, November 4, 1809 ('2 Horse fire screens' in the Dining Room), Warwick Country Records Ref.1886 (box 466).
Inventory of Warwick Castle, October 31st, 1853 ('2 Tapestry fire screens in mahogany frames' in the Great Dining Room), Warwick Country Records 1886/783/16.
H. G. Godfrey-Payton, Schedule of Articles at Warwick Castle which are of National or Historical Interest December 1924, Warwick Castle Estate Office ('4’ 0” carved Chinese Chippendale chevel [sic] screen with tapestry panels on four shaped legs' in the Great Dining Room), Warwick Country Records 1886 CR708.
Please see note to lot 1167.
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