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Lot 112
A French late 19th century carved and painted child's seat or apprentice chairIn the Louis XVI styleThe pierced back carved with a flaming torch and quiver trophy above a caned seat, with a squab cushion, 57cm wide x 36cm deep x 72cm high, (22in wide x 14in deep x 28in high)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP
Lot 101
A late 19th century red painted simulated bamboo stoolWith a stuff-over seat on turned supports, together with a simulated bamboo and ebonised occasaional table, 45cm wide x 45cm deep x 42cm high, (17.5in wide x 17.5in deep x 16.5in high) the occasaional table 69cm high, (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP
Lot 333
CARL HENRIK WREDE (1890-1924): YOUNG WOMAN STRETCHING a patinated bronze figure stretching up from the hips, probably 1920s, signed in the bronze 21cm long The Finnish sculptor Carl Henrik Wrede af Elimä attended the Finnish Art Society's drawing school in 1911-12 and then studied in Paris at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière 1912-1913 (coming under the influence of Rodin and Antoine Bourdelle) and in Rome 1919-1920. Most of his production consisted of portrait busts, including one of Pope Benedict XV (1920, the bronze original apparently in the Vatican collections) until his early death from meningitis. A member of the Swedish/Finnish noble Wrede family, a collection of sixty of his pieces were donated by the family to be displayed at a former family seat, Anjala Manor, from 1972 up to the museum's closure in 2014.
Lot 609
A pair of George III mahogany hall chairs, each with circle back with central panel support, painted crest of Lion passant, solid seat with dish recess and bow front, square section tapering foreleg supports with spade terminals, height 97cm (38").Condition report: Both constructed of good figured mahogany, slight grazing to edge of solid seats.
Lot 607
A pair of Mid 19th century Dutch single chairs, each with carved floral pediment above vase shaped splat, upholstered drop-in seat, cabriole legs with carved shoulders, united by "H" shaped stretchers, height 117cm (46").Condition report: Evidence of woodworm, loose seats recently re-upholstered.
Lot 606
Pair of walnut Chippendale style open arm carver chairs, each with fretwork splat, open scrolling arms, loose seat, cabriole foreleg supports with moulding shells to shoulders, ball-and-claw feet, height 91cm (36"), seat height from floor 42cm (16.5").Condition report: Frames in good patinated condition, replacement upholstery to seats ideally requiring re-upholstery, height of seat from floor suggest these chairs might be too low to use for dining chairs, but perhaps more sensibly used within a drawing room.
Lot 508
The Earl of Snowden and Carl Toms, a red painted beech and laminate elbow chair produced for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales the back gilt decorated with the Prince of Wales feathers and motto Ich Dien with a padded seat 77cm high, 4000 of these chairs were produced for the 1969 Investiture at Caernarfon Castle North Wales, together with an investiture cushion CONDITION REPORT: Manufactured by disabled workers at the Remploy factory in Bridgend, the chairs have beech wood frames with seats and backs constructed from preformed plywood, veneered in olive ash and stained in a vermillion red. The backs are embossed with the Prince of Wales’s feathers in gold leaf and the seats are upholstered in red Welsh tweed, using a stable dye that would not run onto the guest’s clothes in case of a Welsh downpour. The underside of the seat bears a Prince of Wales feathers stamp, the date and - obscured by the upholstery - individual handwritten numbering. The chairs were offered for sale after the ceremony and sold flat-packed for £12 each via a promotional advertising leaflet that encouraged guests to re-assemble the chairs for themselves
Lot 545
A George III mahogany framed armchair, the padded back and arms above swept reeded arm supports, padded seat on reeded front legs with brass cappings and castors united by stretchers CONDITION REPORT: Some joint movement to the back and arms, surface scratches and dents to the wood, in used condition
Lot 110
A set of six George III walnut dining chairs, circa 1760, in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, each shaped top rail cornered by patera terminals, above a pierced vase shaped splat, the padded drop in seat on square section legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher and headed by pierced spandrels, each 96cm high, 53cm wide, 51cm deep
Lot 128
A pair of Regency mahogany bergere library armchairs, attributed to Gillows, circa 1815-20, each rectangular back with reed moulded frame, above conforming downswept arms, each loose cushion seat above turned tapering legs, brass caps and casters, each 92cm high, 64cm wide, 75cm deep overall For a very closely related pair of Regency bergere armchairs, by Gillows and stamped GILLOWS LANCASTER, (Provenance, Mere Hall Cheshire) see Christies, London, Important English Furniture, 4th July 2002, Lot 153, (£83,650) The caned bergere of this form, named the 'Ashburnham' chair featured in Gillows Estimate Sketch Books, no 1721, dated 1803 (Westminster City Library).Designed in the French antique manner and appropriate for the classical-style library, related chairs were invoiced in 1811 by Gillows for the library designed by the architect William Atkinson (d. 1839) for Broughton Hall, Yorkshire. A similar pair of mahogany caned library armchairs was sold by the late Colonel Sutton Nelthorpe, Scawby Hall, Sotheby's Olympia, 11 April 2002, lot 96 (£47,000).
Lot 132
A George III mahogany and green leather upholstered armchair, of Gainsborough type, circa 1780, of generous proportions, with brass studded detail throughout, the padded and shaped back flanked padded and downswept arms, the tapering rectangular seat above square section legs and stretchers, the rear legs outswept, on brass and leather castors, 101cm high, 72cm wide, 75cm deep
Lot 141A
† A pair of George III mahogany armchairs, circa 1780, in the French Hepplewhite taste, each cartouche shaped padded back above a pair of padded arms and moulded serpentine supports, each serpentine fronted seat above tapering cabriole legs carved with stylised shell terminals and terminating in scroll feet Please note: This is a companion pair of chairs that do have variations between proportion and carving. They are not a pure pair as originally catalogued. † indicates that VAT is payable by the purchaser at the standard rate of 20% on the hammer price as well as being charged on the buyers’ premium
Lot 151
A George III mahogany stool, circa 1770, in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the shaped and dished seat above serpentine shaped legs surmounted by carved flowerhead patera, joined by turned and pierced stretchers and terminating in scroll carved feet, 49cm high, 61cm wide, 44cm deep A closely related pattern of stool is likely to have been invented in the early 1760s for Christ Church, Oxford and twenty-six of this form survives there today. Thomas Chippendale is known to have been commissioned by the college and payments to Chippendale are noted in the Christ Church Building Accounts for 21 July 1764 as: 'Mr Chippendale's Bill Stools for the Library...£38 15.0'. For a stool of this design see Christie’s, London, 50 Years of Collecting: Decorative Arts of Georgian England, 14th May 2003, Lot 120 (£53,775). A stool of similar form is also held at the Victoria & Albert museum, London (W.5-1963).
Lot 182
A pair of Regency simulated rosewood bergere chairs, circa 1815, each hooped back with caned panel above a caned and loose cushion seat flanked by wrythen carved terminals, on turned tapering legs at the front surmounted by roundel terminals, outswept sabre legs at the back, on brass caps and casters, each 80cm high, 53cm wide, 59cm deep
Lot 211
A set of fourteen William IV mahogany dining chairs, of British Government and Royal interest, circa 1835, each moulded cresting rail above a button upholstered padded back, each overstuffed seat above turned tapering and reeded legs surmounted by stylised lappet terminals, the chairs stamped 'HOME OF' to the reverse of each back, and two of the chairs visibly stamped with a crown above ‘GRV’ to the underside of the seat rail Provenance: Private Collection. Purchased from Sotheby's London, Important English Furniture, 30th June 2004, Lot 51 (£18000).The stamps to the reverse of each back confirm that these chairs must have been supplied to the Home Office. The presence of the royal stamp for King George V to two of the chairs strongly suggests that the chairs remained at the home office or atleast in another government or royal property during some or all of King George V’s reign. George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.
Lot 234
A Victorian carved mahogany sofa by HOWARD & SONS, second half 19th century, the shaped and padded rectangular back and arms above a cushioned seat, above a moulded frieze incorporating foliate terminals and on squat cabriole legs with carved acanthus terminals to the knees and terminating in carved claw and ball feet, one rear leg stamped HOWARD & SONS LTD, BERNERS STREET, 87cm high, 185cm wide, 93cm deep
Lot 235
A Victorian mahogany and upholstered armchair by HOWARD & SONS, circa 1900, later upholstered in striped fabric with removable seat cushion, on square tapering legs, one rear leg stamped for the maker HOWARD & SONS LTD, BERNERS ST, and serial numbered 6553 2123, the castors also stamped, 88cm high, 80cm wide, approximately 95cm deep overall
Lot 237
A set of ten Victorian oak armchairs, circa 1900, retailed by Loran & Co, each padded button upholstered back flanked by downswept scrolling arms, above the padded rectangular tapering seat, on turned tapering legs to the front, each 94cm high, 56cm wide, 60cm deep Christie's, London, Interiors, 14th December 2016, lot 348 (£2,000).
Lot 31
A George I walnut armchair, circa 1720, the shaped rectangular back centred by a vase shaped splat, the tapering rectangular seat covered in a 17th century tapestry fragment depicting a mother and two children, flanked by 'shepherd's crook' arms, on tapering cabriole shaped legs terminating in pad feet at the Provenance: Property of a Gentleman of Title
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