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Lot 708
A carved mahogany bombe linen press to a design by Thomas Chippendale, circa 1900, with stepped top with canted sides and applied stiff leaf and floral carved mouldings, slides to the interior, the base of bombé form, set to the top with two short and one long drawer cast brass swan neck handles, the base centred below with stylized foliate motif, to the canted front corners richly carved with rocaille and acanthus leaf carving, leading to similarly shaped bracket feet to each side.172½ x 145 x 66cm (67 x 57 x 26in). Literature: Footnotes:The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director, Plate CXXXI. Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, Volume II (1990 edition), p. 74. H.H. Mulliner The Decorative Arts in England (1923), Fig. 14. Geoffrey Beard and Christopher Gilbert (eds.), Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840 (1986), p. 164 This unusual cabinet conforms almost exactly to an ambitious rococo design in Thomas Chippendale's celebrated publication, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director of 1754 (figure 1). The Director is composed of a large collection of, as Chippendale said, "the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture in the Gothic, Chinese and Modern taste." The modern taste refers to the anglicised version of the forms and styles of France which strongly influenced Chippendale's work at this date and has been called "for the most part an Anglicisation of the rocaille". This taste is revealed in the design of Lot 708, with the swelling bombe form of the base and the exceptional fine quality of the intricately designed carving to the feet, an interpretation in wood of the fine chased gilt bronze work of French metal-workers. The Director represented an unparalleled undertaking in the publication of furniture designs, with the first and second editions constituting 160 plates of superb engravings. The work exerted a powerful influence on contemporary style that was felt as far afield as the Prussian Court and Lisbon and which established Chippendale as an inspired and innovative designer. A third edition, somewhat expanded, was to follow in a series of weekly publications in 1762. In the year of publication of the first edition, in which the design related to the present cabinet appears, Chippendale moved to spacious premises in St. Martin's Lane and began to provide furniture to a range of fashionable clients and nobility, including the Dukes of Beaufort, Portland, Norfolk and Hamilton, and the Earls of Northumberland and Chesterfield. Evidence of repairs around the hinges, otherwise in very untouched condition
Lot 726
A Regency bronze mounted mahogany and ebonised cabinet, circa 1810, in the manner of George Oakley, each crossbanded in mahogany, inlaid with ebony stringing and an anthemion moulded ebony band to the border repeated to the frieze and door panel, flanked by monopodiae with lion paw feet to an inverted breakfront plinth base 92 x 79½ x 51cm (36 x 31 x 20in) Provenance: T G Blackwell Collection, Langham Hall, Norfolk Other Notes: This cabinet bears the distinctive lion mask pilasters that relate to the work of the Regency cabinet-maker George Oakley (1773-1840). With an extensive premises in Bond Street and the City, Oakley undertook commissions for a wide and distinguished circle of patrons, including the Prince Regent, for whom he worked at Carlton House. A pioneer of 'Buhl' inlay, Oakley established himself as one of the most original and innovative designers of the period, and his showrooms in Bond Street became a Mecca for fashionable society. Oakley was commissioned by Charles Madryll Cheere to furnish Papworth Hall, Cambridgeshire, where much of the furniture bears similar classical revival elements to Lot 726. Some slight warping in the door panel and the loss of a corner moulding, slight movement in the banding to one side, otherwise considered to be sound and a good colour
Lot 231
§ Bill Woodrow (b.1948) - 'Red Bronze' Christmas card coin, produced for Momart in 1990, depicting 'H. F. DUMPTY: DEI:GRA:BR:OMN:REX' to one side and a tank encircled by a ribbon within 'MOMART.CHRISTMAS GREETINGS. 1990'. to the other, inscribed by the artist on the edge, 5cm diameter, 118.2gm
Lot 52
ATTRIBUTED TO CLAIRE JEANNE ROBERTE COLINET, A FRENCH ART DECO BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE OF A DANCER, C1920 on onyx plinth, 48cm h, indistinctly marked ...AR..E, oval founder's stamp of G Mansard, PARIS AND 2402 ++In poor condition with losses including right forearm and part of right leg, cracks, lacking title plate, costume regilt in a cheap bronzing paint. Not subject to any recent or professional restoration. Onyx plinth chipped in several places but original
Lot 53
A FRENCH ART DECO BRONZE SCULPTURE OF A NAKED WOMAN, c1930 astride a galloping horse, cast from a model by Dautrive, on stepped, polished slate base, generally even dark patina lightly mottled and slightly rubbed in places, 39.5cm h ++Slate base with a number of chips around the edges and corners
Lot 59
DEMETRE CHIPARUS. AN ART DECO GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF WOMAN WITH MIRROR, C1925 on onyx plinth, signed Chiparus, 43cm h, mirror detached from hand but present A bronze and ivory version of this figure is illustrated Shayo (Alberto) Chiparus Master of Art Deco, 2nd edition, New York 1999, plt 27. On that example the figure holds in her left hand a pointed mirror, whereas the mirror in the present figure is that found on Chiparus' Venetian Lady (Shayo, plt 103). ++In good unrestored condition, the gilding rubbed in places and some build up of old dust and grime. In the present local private ownership for many decades
Lot 718
A RARE ENGLISH BRONZE HORIZONTAL SUNDIAL BY JOHN GRUNDY, C1720 signed John Grundy Philo..., with seven concentric chapter rings giving the time in Bosworth [Leicestershire England latitude 52° 40 minutes] Ozaca [sic] in Japan E, Acapulco in Mexico W and four others, with offset gnomon and two plugged fixing holes, the underside left unfinished with hammer marks, scratched letters and numeral 6, 30cm diam The maker of this interesting and relatively early English horizontal pedestal dial, John Grundy (c1696-1748) was a mathematician, surveyor and later civil engineer of Congerstone, Leicestershire. ++A very good dial but the engraving worn, heavily in places, the gnomon original and not bent or refixed
Lot 722
AN ENGLISH BRONZE BELL-FRAME SEXTANT BY HEATH & CO LTD, EARLY 20TH C with two sets of three and four coloured glass filters, engraved scale with vernier and magnifier, index arm with Hezzanith clamp engraved HEATH & CO LTD NEW ELTHAM LONDON MADE FOR SOS LTD 113 FENCHURCH ST LONDON with accessories in fitted walnut box with label "BELL" PATENT MARK III SEXTANT, 27.5cm w ++In reasonably good but dirty unrestored condition with no obvious faults and a good selection of accessories. The underside of the lid of the box with certificate of examination
Lot 763
A FRENCH BRONZE SCULPTURE OF PAUL AND VIRGINIA, CAST FROM A MODEL BY ALBERT ERNEST CARRIER-BELLEUSE even rich dark brown patina, 44cm h ++Base slightly uneven as a result of the back edge of the base being very slightly dented, not fractured or repaired. Lacking leafy branch originally held i n Paul's right hand
Lot 802
A FRENCH FIN DE SIECLE SILVERED AND GILT BRONZE MOUNTED ONYX LAMP, C1900 51cm h excluding later fitment ++A relatively high quality example in the original now discoloured and worn lacquer. The onyx undamaged, lacking fount and burner. The screw holding one of the four pendulous straps to the socle missing otherwise complete and in good original condition
Lot 836
A PAIR OF ENGLISH BRASS ROUND SHOWROOM CABINETS, EARLY 2OTH C with pair of curved glass sliding door, 27.5cm h, 91cm diam ++Complete and structurally sound, of high quality and seldom offered, requiring some cosmetic restoration. One one cabinet the glass sliding doors lacking the brass/bronze angled handles. The wooden base scorch in one place
Lot 187
A JAPANESE MINIATURE BRONZE BUDDHA, MEIJI 6.5cm h, engraved Kokuho Kamakura no daibutsu A late 19th century miniature replica of the monumental bronze sculpture of Buddha known as Kamakura no daibutsu at Kamakura, Japan. ++In fine condition with typical build up of dust in the detail, but not damaged or restored/repatinated
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