Classic Design: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics & Clocks
Classic Design: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics & Clocks
Property from an Important English Private Collection
A George II mahogany polescreen, mid-18th century
Lot Closed
November 8, 02:40 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important English Private Collection
A George II mahogany polescreen, mid-18th century
the rectangular screen with a polychrome leather panel, probably Dutch, depicting birds among foliage on a gilt ground, on a naturalistic gnarled stem and tripod base, with later brass cone finial, the leather panel probably original
150cm. high; 4ft. 11in.
David Style, Wateringbury Place, Kent;
Christie's London, Wateringbury Place, Part I, 31 May 1978, lot 238.
With Phillips & Harris;
Acquired from Christopher Gibbs, 28 November 1978;
Simon Sainsbury;
Christie's London, Simon Sainsbury, The Creation of an English Arcadia, 18 June 2008, lot 228.
Christie's London, Wateringbury Place, Part I, 31 May 1978, lot 238.
With Phillips & Harris;
Acquired from Christopher Gibbs, 28 November 1978;
Simon Sainsbury;
Christie's London, Simon Sainsbury, The Creation of an English Arcadia, 18 June 2008, lot 228.