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Click here to subscribeA collection of pictures and prints to include a signed Montague Dawson maritime nocturne print featuring sailing ships at harbour on a misty night, approx 60 x 75cm, framed and glazed, an ink abstract by Jan Burssens, a faded tapestry of a bucolic figural scene, presented in gilt frame, a Brian Stones abstract composition entitled 'Colour Transposition II' and dated 1965 and a geometric textured picture, unsigned and in white frame (5).
Giovanni Francesco Pieri (1699-1773). A mid-18th century Italian polychrome wax relief picture after Raphael's 'Madonna del Passeggio', depicting the Holy Family with the infant St. John the Baptist, indistinctly inscribed to remnants of label to verso, 20 x 14.5cm, in a later giltwood frame. Provenance: Christie’s, London, 3rd July 1990, lot 9. Pieri was born in Tuscany and worked under Giovacchino Fortini in Florence and came to the attention of the Grand Duke, Gian Gastone, who appointed him as head of the tapestry manufactory in 1733. Following the Duke's death he moved to Naples where he was employed at the royal court of Carlo di Borbone and later Ferdinando IV. A similar relief to the present lot is in the Museo Nazionale di San Martino, Napoli and a smaller relief was sold in these rooms Furniture & Works of Art, 9th November 2010, lot 432 which was signed and dated '1750', for £3,800.
A French 18th century tapestry panel, depicting a boy in a garden landscape, within a mirror shaped border with sprays of flowers and foliage, signed with initials 'N...?...' lower right, 31¾ x 23¼in. (80.7 x 59cm.), backed with gold silk damask, later frame. * Condition: Some areas of restitching and some repairs throughout, particularly to the edges and corners - please see photos. Colours have mellowed with age. Silk backing shattered. Tapestry is slightly loose on stretcher, sagging inwards slightly, showing the cross shaped stretcher beneath.
A George II Irish mahogany chair, circa 1750, the pierced vase shape splat surmounted by a shaped cresting rail centred by a carved shell motif, above the tapestry upholstered drop in seat, on shell and acanthus carved tapering cabriole legs, terminating in paw feet at the front, 98cm high, 63cm wide, 60cm deep, together with a George III mahogany armchair, circa 1760, the pierced trellis vase shaped splat surmounted by the shaped and foliate carved cresting rail, flanked by acanthus carved scrolling arms, above the drop in seat, on square section tapering legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher, 96cm high, 71cm wide, 57cm deep Provenance: Estate of James Ivory, formerly of Greenway Farm, Tockenham, Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire
A Franco-Flemish, probably Brussels, tapestry panel depicting the Sacrifice of Isaac, mid 17th century, the figures in a wooded setting with distant townscape, within a fruiting verdure border with two heraldic shields, later framed and glazed, 60cm high, 62cm wide overall Provenance: Estate of James Ivory, formerly of Greenway Farm, Tockenham, Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire
A Victorian solid satinwood, parcel gilt and tapestry upholstered settee, circa 1870, the moulded cresting rail centred by a carved wreath motif, above the padded back and seat, flanked by padded and acanthus carved scroll arms, on turned and fluted tapering legs headed by patera terminals, 97cm high, 121cm wide, 65cm deep
A George II walnut and tapestry upholstered sofa, circa 1735, the arch shaped back above a pair of shaped scroll arms, the padded seat above a shaped frieze, fronted by tapering cabriole shaped legs surmounted by stylised foliate carved terminals and terminating in shaped pad feet, 109cm high, 165cm wide, 61cm deep Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Wales
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