Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra

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Lot 375
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A Set of Four Victorian Oak, Burr Oak and Ebony-Inlaid Leather-Upholstered Open Armchairs By Bell and Coupland

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • height 31 1/4 in.; width 20 1/2 in.
  • 79.4 cm; 52.1 cm
each stepped U-shaped top rail carved with foliage and centered by a stellate medallion above an overuphosltered leather seat, raised on faceted legs headed by quatrefoils, the front legs on casters, the front rails stamped BELL & COUPLAND PRESTON, the casters stamped COPE & COLLINSON PATENT.

Provenance

Sold, Christie’s, London, January 29, 1987, lot 253

Catalogue Note

The firm of Bell and Coupland, Preston, is recorded at Lune Street from 1851. A late Victorian pollard oak pedestal desk, also stamped Bell & Coupland, Preston, was sold, Christie’s, London, The Contents of Harrington House, Leamington Spa, May 4, 2000, lot 399.