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Lot 646
Marjorie Cox (British 1915-2003)/Russ/portrait of a Labrador/signed and dated 1965/pastel, 48.5cm x 33.5cm and/R Beavis/Studies of Ducks/watercolour and bodycolour, 25cm x 25cm Condition Report: ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk
Lot 853
Maxwell Ashby Armfield RWS (British 1881-1972)/Minchinhampton Common/pastel on buff paper, 11cm x 17cm/impressed studio stamp/Provenance: Heather Newman label verso Condition Report: ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk
Lot 829
A collection of pencil life drawings, probably dating from the 1930s, of female characters, one inscribed Dobson, Hatherley School of Art, SW1, approx sheet size 55x38cm, one framed, the rest unframed, together with a watercolour study of a sunlit reclining nude, indistinctly signed bottom right, dated 85, 16x54cm in wooden frame, and a further pastel study of a reclining nude signed Harman
Lot 159
A collection of Old Royal Bone China harlequin tea wares with different colour pastel glazes comprising milk jug, sugar bowl, six cups, six saucers and six tea plates, together with a pair of black ground Royal Albert cups and saucers with gilt decoration and a further pair of Royal Albert white ground cups and saucers with fruiting vine detail, etc
Lot 169
A rare and important Boué Soeurs Robe de Style 'Romance', Autumn-Winter 1925-26, unlabelled, of black Chantilly lace, adorned with swags of ribbon-work roses in shades of pink, silver lamé florets, yellow and green ribbon laburnum-like fronds, cut low to front, back and sides with crin-stiffened gathers to skirt sides; worn over a replacement slip with original curved silver lame panel below the breast, bust approx 92cm, 36inThe Robe de Style gown was a fashion phenomenon occurring from the teens through to the 1920s - Boue Soeurs and Jeanne Lanvin being the main proponents, although most fashion houses included them in their repertoire.The romantic, frivolous and highly impractical 18th century-inspired gown with hooped pannier hips, worn as evening wear, captured the imaginations of women emerging from the gloom and privations of the Great War. Examples are rare, especially in good condition such as this one, where the brightness of the silk flowers are as fresh as the day they were made.Waleria Dorogova, scholar and leading authority on Boué Soeurs has researched this piece and writes:Boué Sœurs, active from 1899 to 1957, were known for a francophile historicist style and the Robe de Style 'Romance' attests to their favoured aesthetic. Nearly identical versions of this design can be found at the MET, Palais Galliera and Holbæk Museum (Denmark). The fact that the same style was also executed in powder pink lace (Design Museum Copenhagen) suggests that it was very popular. A photograph in Les Modes documents that 'Romance' was worn by Isabel Rodriguez, a celebrated Spanish dancer of Madrid's Royal Theatre, who appeared in the now lost Rudolph Valentino motion picture 'L'Hacienda Rouge' (A Sainted Devil, 1925), dressed by Boué Sœurs. Indeed, the black lace of 'Romance' has a Spanish feel to it, as it is reminiscent of Francisco de Goya's portraits of Spanish aristocrats. Black Chantilly lace over various coloured silks, a recurring combination at Maison Boué over many decades, can also be seen as a nod to the Second Empire, an epoch frequently remembered by the house. The rose festoons with their fine colour gradations and the band of lamé underneath the bust are the result of Sylvie Boué's artistic nature: Her appreciation of the Rococo style, which featured bands of roses in painting and applied arts, such as Sèvres porcelain, as well as her interest in the effects of artificial light on metallised cloth, which she meticulously studied by using fabrics from Paris' theatre suppliers. In an article instalment written by Jeanne Boué for Arts and Decoration in 1922-23 she commented on the characteristic silk roses: 'When a creation is successful, realizes our ideals, we finish it with ribbon or lace adornments, giving the completed dress the same care and taste that an artist gives in the final strokes to his pastel painting. The finishing touch is usually made with our inimitable artificial flowers - the exceptional cachet of Boué Sœurs'. CONDITION REPORT: Condition is good, the colourful floral adornments are fresh and good, silver lamé florets have tarnished. There is a vertical join in the lace at the lower right front hem which may be a repair, may be a seam, it is hard to say, and not immediately noticeable either way. Occasional small breaks in the tulle ground have been invisibly mended where necessary, mainly over right breast area. Fine repair to side of pres-stud closure but invisible also. The occasional small, minor hole in the tulle but nothing serious or obvious. The lace is generally good and complete with original crin stiffeners at the hips, which are slightly creased but we haven't pressed them. The original slip must have disintegrated - but the silver lame survived and has been re-mounted onto a sympathetically reproduced separate pink silk petticoat. Lamé panel on the slip is heavily tarnished.
Lot 98
A fine and important pair of embroidered velvet lady's shoes, English, circa 1650, the blue velvet uppers embroidered in high relief with silver and gold thread flower-heads and leaves, edged in blue ribbon, straights with tapering square over-hanging toes, white rands and brown/black morocco covered heels, lined in white kid, 25cm, 10in long (2)These shoes are believed are to have been worn by Mary Radcliffe, daughter of Sir John Radcliffe, of Ordsall, Lancashire, widow of Sir John Stanhope of Elvaston, Derbyshire, (d.1638) and second wife of Sir John Gell of Hopton (1593-1671). Mary died in 1653. She had one son by her first marriage (John Stanhope) who died in 1662.Purchased at Christie's, July 16th 1985, lot 12 for £8000.For a similarly embroidered mule slipper which belonged to Queen Henrietta Maria (d.1669) see 'Shoes' by June Swan, published by Batsford, p19, fig 16. CONDITION REPORT: Both are faded, the silk ribbon bindings are now pastel shades. First shoe: Rubbing to embroidery on heel and to very tip of toe, the sole and heel base show signs of heavy use. Second shoe: Leather on toe tip is rubbed and reveals the linen below. There is a crack in the leather along one side of the large embroidered carnation on the upper. In the leaf motif at the side of the shoe - just above the rand there is a 4cm split which is partially concealed by the embroidery. There is a glue repair to re-stick the base of the sole to the heel and sole. The embroidery on the heel upper is rubbed as with its matching shoe.
Lot 89
Brian Shields ''Braaq'' FBA (1951-1997) Young boy with a fishing rod and a dog Young girl (possibly the artists's sister) standing, wearing a green coat Signed, pencil and coloured pastel, 20.5cm by 13.5cm See illustration *Artists' Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business
Lot 494
Three early 20th century girls day dresses, age approx 2/3, each in a different pastel tone, with rose sprigged embroidery, lace trim and silk sash (3) CONDITION REPORT: The ivory coloured dress has some minor foxing, lacking the belt. Some loose stitches to shoulders. The yellow dress: Belt perished. Some foxing - more than the ivory dress. Some loose stitching. Some grubby lines to the fold of the skirt. The Pink dress: Belt perished. Some loose stitching at shoulder. Heavier browning / staining / foxing to the skirt. Wear along the seam line at the waist at the back of the skirt.
Lot 658
A Viennese model of a parrot, modelled in pastel colours on a canted base with impressed mark G'o'hrjng, 38cm high (restored to base)PROVENANCE: Private collection, from a Thames riverside house, Windsor. CONDITION REPORT: Chip to the tip of the head feathers, extensive restoration to the base section and underside which is strating to flake away.
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