Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
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
with stuffed seats in contemporary gros and petit point needlework, on leaf carved cabriole front legs and outswept rear legs with brass and leather castors, ensuite 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.).