HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day
HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day
A George III carved mahogany side chair, circa 1772, attributed to Thomas Chippendale
Auction Closed
December 8, 05:58 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A George III carved mahogany side chair, circa 1772, attributed to Thomas Chippendale
the shaped, padded back and seat covered in close-nailed striped cream horse-hair upholstery, the fluted tapering legs with foliate rings on outswept reeded pad feet, the tapering outswept back legs with pad feet
Please note that this lot should not have a W symbol in the catalogue. This lot can be collected in New Bond Street after the sale.
Sotheby's London, Important English Furniture, 12 November 1999, lot 90.
The present chair relates closely in design to the legs on a set of four mahogany stools supplied by Thomas Chippendale to Sir Edward Knatchbull for the Dining Room at Mersham-Le-Hatch in 1772 (see Hotung, Part II | Evening Sale, 7 December 2020, lots 19 & 20), although the treatment of the leaf carving varies slightly between the two types. As part of the furnishing of the Dining Room at Mersham, Chippendale supplied '16 carv'd mahogany Chairs with Compass backs stuff'd & cover'd'; all sixteen chairs have since been dispersed, although, it is possible that the offered lot may have formed part of this commission. For an identical chair, almost certainly from the same set, see that sold Sotheby's London, The Neil & Gina Smith Collection, 3 July 2019, lot 124.