Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection

Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II CARVED MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS, CIRCA 1755

Auction Closed

December 11, 04:05 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A PAIR OF GEORGE II CARVED MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS, CIRCA 1755


the stuffed seats covered in contemporary gros and petit point needlework, on leaf carved cabriole legs front legs and outswept rear legs with brass and leather castors together with late 19th century fitted linen seat covers, en suite with previous lot

Probably acquired by Robert Berkeley (1713-1804)

Inventory, 1893, ‘8 Large Chippendale Arm-chairs in Needlework' in the Corridors and Landing;

‘Spetchley Park - I. Worcestershire, The Seat of Mr. R. V. Berkeley', Country Life, 8 July 1916, p. 46, one from the set of eight illustrated in the Drawing Room;

Inventory, 1949, 'An important set of eight Chippendale armchairs, with upright pierced splats to the backs, daintily carved with ‘C’ scrolls, shapes arms, carved with acanthus on carved cabriole legs with scroll toes. The upholstered seats are covered with panels of petit-point needlework of the period' in the Drawing Room

City of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham, Commemorative Exhibition of the Art Treasures of the Midlands, 1934, no. 51 (possibly the two armchairs lent by R.G. Berkeley, Esq.).