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Property from an Important Private Collection
A George III mahogany kneehole desk by Thomas Chippendale, 1774
Auction Closed
July 6, 02:09 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 100,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection
A George III mahogany kneehole desk by Thomas Chippendale
1774
with flame-figured mahogany veneers, the moulded top above a mahogany-lined frieze drawer fitted with a baize-lined writing slide above divided compartments, the central kneehole door enclosing a single shelf, flanked by three drawers to each side, on a bracket feet with Greek-key pattern
80.5cm. high, 102cm. wide, 58.5cm. deep; 2ft. 7¾in., 3ft. 4¼in., 1ft. 11in.
Commissioned from Thomas Chippendale in 1774 by Ninian Home for Paxton House, Berwickshire, at a cost of £6.12;
Thence by descent until sold by Mrs. Home-Robertson, Christie's London, 25 June 1970, lot 44;
With Norman Adams, London, 5 May 1972;
Christie's London, 50 Years of Collecting: decorative Arts of Georgian England, 14 May 2003, lot 140;
Private Collection.
Thence by descent until sold by Mrs. Home-Robertson, Christie's London, 25 June 1970, lot 44;
With Norman Adams, London, 5 May 1972;
Christie's London, 50 Years of Collecting: decorative Arts of Georgian England, 14 May 2003, lot 140;
Private Collection.
Illustrated Christopher Gilbert, 'Chippendale Senior and Junior at Paxton 1774-91', Connoisseur, August 1972, p. 256, fig. 5;
Illustrated Christopher Claxton Stevens and Stewart Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection, Woodbridge, 1985, pp. 108-109 and described as a 'desk of superbly figured mahogany and excellent proportions';
Illustrated Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, p. 228, fig. 415.
RELATED LITERATURE
Alastair Rowan, Paxton House, Berwickshire I and II, Country Life, 17 and 24 August 1967;
Anthony Coleridge, 'Chippendale, Interior-Decorator and House-Furnisher, Apollo Magazine, January to June 1963
Illustrated Christopher Claxton Stevens and Stewart Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection, Woodbridge, 1985, pp. 108-109 and described as a 'desk of superbly figured mahogany and excellent proportions';
Illustrated Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, p. 228, fig. 415.
RELATED LITERATURE
Alastair Rowan, Paxton House, Berwickshire I and II, Country Life, 17 and 24 August 1967;
Anthony Coleridge, 'Chippendale, Interior-Decorator and House-Furnisher, Apollo Magazine, January to June 1963