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Lot 32
Chippendale, Thomas - Chippendale's One Hundred and Thirty Three Designs of Interior Decorations in Old French and Antique Styles ... engraved pictorial and decorative title and 49 plates, original decorated and printed boards with cloth spines, 4to, John Weale, 1834 Boards worn (but still legible), inner hinges weak, spine little worn, title and other spotting throughout
Lot 24
George Richardson (c. 1800), North elevation of Eastwell Park House; South elevation of Doddington Hall, a pair of aquatints, each 33cm x 45.5cm; together with two prints of Old St Paul's, framed as one, an engraving of a Gothic bookcase after Thomas Chippendale and an engraving of a sarcophagus, (5).
Lot 114
A George III mahogany bedside commode, attributed to Thomas Chippendale, circa 1770, the rectangular top with a pierced three quarter gallery incorporating pierced quatrefoil motifs, above a pair of cupboard doors and the commode drawer beneath, on moulded square section legs and castors, 78cm high, 55cm wide, 45cm deep Provenance by repute and according to applied handwritten labels to this lot: W. C. Gore Langton, Newton Park, Bath. By descent bequeathed by the fifth Earl Temple of Stowe to his nephew Grenville Gore Langton (circa 1940). At the time of printing this catalogue, no specific commissions by Chippendale for Newton Park have been found, although Chippendale did complete commissions for the Earl Temple at Stowe, therefore it is possible that the history of the provenance of the items has got confused over time.A closely comparable pair of bedside commodes exist in the Blue bedroom at Dumfries House. For an illustration showing one of the commodes, see Christopher Gilbert, The Life and work of Thomas Chippendale, 1978, 2 vols, vol II, page 27, figure 44. Dumfries House is of course one of the best known significant commissions for Thomas Chippendale.Please note, this lot was almost certainly made ‘en suite’ to the following lot and was consigned by the same vendor
Lot 115
A George III mahogany pot cupboard, attributed to Thomas Chippendale, circa 1770, the rectangular top with a pierced three quarter gallery incorporating quatrefoil motifs, above a pair of cupboard doors, on square section moulded legs, 79cm high, 51cm wide, 36cm deep Provenance by repute and according to applied handwritten labels to this lot: W. C. Gore Langton, Newton Park, Bath. By descent bequeathed by the fifth Earl Temple of Stowe to his nephew Grenville Gore Langton (circa 1940). Please refer also to the footnote for the previous lot. Please note, this lot was almost certainly made ‘en suite’ to the previous lot.
Lot 61
A George III mahogany hall chair, circa 1770, in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the tapering back with moulded edge and scroll carved detail, the shallow dished centre of the back centred by a painted armorial depicting a bird of prey perched on a tower, the shaped and dished solid seat above square section legs and an H-shaped stretcher
Lot 118
A George III mahogany serpentine chest possibly by Thomas Chippendale The rectangular moulded top above a baize lined slide and four long graduated drawers, on shaped bracket feet, 106cm wide, 61cm deep, 88cm high. The above lot displays characteristics seen on furniture by or attributable to Thomas Chippendale and his workshop. Beyond the finely book-matched veneers to the front and high timber quality used on the top, other elements of construction and design relate to documented Chippendale cabinet furniture. The handles, feet, central slide pull, drawer construction as well as use of a red wash to the back and underside are all features commonly seen on Chippendale workshop output. The above lots employs Chippendale’s ‘standard’ handle, his favourite early neo-classical handle pattern, illustrated in C.Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, Bristol, 1978, p.146, pl.263. Although Chippendale's plainer mahogany furniture has been historically more difficult to attribute, the furniture supplied to Lord Pembroke for Pembroke House around the same time as he was supplying furniture for Dumfries House and furniture to Ninian Home for Paxton House which have all been key in the study of this part of the workshop’s output, see C.Gilbert, ibid., p. 271-272. A group of chests linked to Chippendale at Dumfries do not appear in his extant bills but are tentatively attributed to him on the grounds of certain constructional features. The argument for the Dumfries chests being by Chippendale is backed up by the existence of a linen press at the house which bears many of the features of the group of chests and for which a Chippendale bill of 1763 is thought to relate (see Christie's proposed contents sale of Dumfries House, 12-13 July 2007, lot 236) and the accompanying introduction by Rufus Bird in the aforementioned catalogue. The chest offered here is links to a documented group of serpentine chests at Mersham-le-Hatch, Wilton and Paxton all of which are illustrated in C.Gilbert, ibid., pp.116-117. The Paxton chest is of very similar dimensions and drawer configuration, the Mersham chest has the same rounded moulding around the base and a brushing slide and the Wilton chest employs the ‘standard’ handle pattern.
Lot 140
A fine George III carved mahogany centre table in the manner of Thomas ChippendaleThe rectangular tilt top with canted angles and a later pierced gilt bronze gallery on a tapered ring turned and wrythen baluster column and a quadripartite base with moulded downswept legs terminating in scroll feet and castors, 64cm wide, 58.5cm deep, 74cm high.The above lot with the unusual quadripartite base relates to a group of of tripod tables linked to Chippendale on the basis of the three tables supplied to the lodging rooms at Harewood House and illustrated in C.Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, Leeds, 1978, p.256, pl.469. These tables share the same leg profile and scroll foot which can further be seen on a table of 'guadalupe wood' made for No.19 Arlington Street in 1764, now at Aske Hall and illustrated in C.Gilbert, ibid., p.257. pl.470. This pattern of leg with the wrythen turned baluster is seen on a table in satinwood from the collection of N.M.L Watson, Esq. and later sold at Christie's London,21 November 1985, lot 52. This was clearly a popular form of table and other tripods attributed to Thomas Chippendale and with this distinctive legs pattern include examples sold Christie's London, 27th November 2003, lot 15, 7th July 1994, lot 68, 27 November 2003, lot 65 and Sotheby's London, 18 November 1994, lot 107.
Lot 70
LATE GEORGE II STYLE MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALEMID 19TH CENTURY in the French taste, the serpentine top with an egg and dart edge above a frieze carved in relief with fruiting swags, above a central pair of drawers flanked by banks of short drawers, all with rope twist borders and ormolu handles; flanked and divided by trailing flower garland pilasters, flanked by C scroll and rocaille carved angles, above a rocaille and C scroll carved apron, raised on C scroll moulded legs ending in scrolled toes on shaped pads, the locks stamped Cope & Collinson136cm wide, 82cm high, 66cm deep
Lot 21
NO RESERVE Decorative Arts.- Furniture and Interiors.- Gilbert (Christopher) The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, 2 vol. in 1, 1978 § Pradère (A.) French Furniture Makers: The Art of the Ébéniste from Louis XIV to the Revolution, 1989 § Huth (Hans) Roentgen Furniture, 1974; Lacquer of the West, Chicago & London, 1971 § Cornforth (John) English Interiors 1790-1848, 1978, illustrations, original cloth with dust-jackets; and c.25 others on furniture and interiors, v.s. (c.30)
Lot 194
AN IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE, part of the original furnishings of Ely House, Dublin, the dentil moulded cornice above a four door bookcase, decorated with Gothic lancet glazing bars above fielded cupboard door base. 282cm high, 346cm wide Provenance: Collection of Fine Art Property of Dr. Thornley Stoker, Ely House, 8 Ely Place, Dublin, 8th November, 1910, lot 863 This handsome Chippendale pattern mahogany bookcase was lot 863 in one of the most spectacular house contents auctions Dublin has ever seen. Taking place in November 1910, it was that of Dr. Thornley Stoker whose fierce reputation has faded, but that of his brother Bram has only gone stratospheric thanks to his creation, “Dracula”. The sale of over 1600 lots represented a life-time of collecting. George Moore leaves a description of Sir Thornley hopping about the antique dealers in Grafton Street ‘Like an old magpie’ prying out spoons and forks. Moore, unsuccessfully, tries to persuade the grumpy old doctor to back Hugh Lanes project for a Modern Art Gallery in Dublin. Moore, a neighbour frequently visits Dr Stoker and well knows his fine collection housed in his palazzo, Ely House, but can’t resist retelling Dublin cynicism as to its genesis. “Up and down Liffey Street, lately, on the trail of a Sheraton sideboard and Naylor has been asked to keep it till an appendices should turn up; the Chinese Chippendale mirror over the drawing-room chimney piece originated in an unsuccessful operation for cancer; the Aubusson carpet in the back-drawing room represents a hernia; the Renaissance bronze on the landing a set of gall-stones; the Ming Cloisonné a floating kidney; the Buhl cabinet his opinion on an enlarged liver; and Lady Stokers jewels a series of small operations performed over a number of years”. Moore declares the collection will never be sold in his lifetime but on his death, there will be a great auction. This bookcase, filled with part of Dr. Stoker’s china collection is given a full-page illustration and is described as ‘Chippendale’. A bookcase of similar design, with the addition of a broken triangular pediment, c.1766, is illustrated in Gilbert, ‘The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale’ (1978), p.41
Lot 82
A FINE GOTHIC REVIVAL MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE, after a design by Thomas Chippendale, the rectangular top with round moulded edge, over a blind fret work frieze centred with a foliate design and supported on open squared legs, with staged architectural carving, on conforming block feet. 86cm high, 182cm long, 81cm wide
Lot 931
A fine set of eight George III carved mahogany dining chairs in the manner of Robert Manwaring:, the backs with trellis work centred with quatrefoils in blind fret geometric surrounds, serpentine top rails with incised lattice and reeded pagoda crestings and cabochon rocaille ornament, the upholstered stuff over seats with blind fret seat rails and square chamfered legs, headed with pierced fret spandrels.*Provenance Kingsnympton Park, Devon.* Notes The present chairs closely relate to a design by Robert Manwaring illustrated in 'The Cabinet and Chair-Makers Real Friend and Companion,' 1765, pl. 13 and can also be compared with a design for a similar lattice-back chair illustrated by Thomas Chippendale in 'The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director', 1754, pl. XXII.* Notes Manwaring described himself as a cabinet-maker trading from the Haymarket, although no marked or documented furniture by him has yet come to light. Instead, he is best remembered for a series of publications in the 1760's of Rococo, Chinese and Gothic designs, from which the present chair is derived.'The Cabinet and Chair-Maker's Real Friend and Companion' gives advice on types of wood, painted finishes and even loose cushions, and indeed, Manwaring states that he has executed some of the designs for chairs, although these are not known to exist.Related examples include a set of chairs recorded in the Goldschmitt collection, illustrated in Ralph Edwards and Percy Macquoid 'The Dictionary of English Furniture' rev. ed., 3 vols, 1954, vol I, p. 286, fig. 192; a single chair illustrated in Francis Spar (ed.) 'Le Style Anglais' 1750 - 1850, 1959, p. 96, and an armchair now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated in Francis Lenygon 'Furniture in England from 1660 - 1760', 1914, p. 64, fig 92.* Notes A similar set of fourteen chairs was sold from the collection of Captain C W D Worthington, Kingston Russell House, Dorset, Christies, 24th September 1984.
Lot 414
A suite of Sheraton revival painted satinwood chairs and settee by Wright & Mansfield, banded in tulip wood, and painted with neo-classical urn, floral spray and leaf decoration to the pierced shield backs, bearing paper maker's labels to the seat rails on two pieces, single chair: 96cm high (37in) 47cm wide, settee 97cm (38in) wide, armchair 53cm (21in) wide (5) together with the 1950 auction catalogue for Fornham Mansion Provenance: The Property of Sir William Gilstrap Bart. Fornham Park, Suffolk, 'Furnishings of the mansion', 30th March 1951, Lot 157. 'The delicate Sheraton satinwood suite with tulip wood banding and open pierced shield shaped backs with painted floral decoration, cane seats and loose cushions upholstered in amber silk damask, comprising; a two chair back settee, open armchair and three small chairs, sold for £65 Other Notes: Wright and Mansfield were one of the pre-eminent makers of furniture in the George III style and central to the revival in interest of late 18th Century English furniture from 1860s-1880s. The partnership between Alfred Thomas Wright, cabinet maker and upholsterer and Thomas Needham Mansfield was formed in 1860, working firstly at 3 Great Portland Street, and subsequently at 104 New Bond Street, London. The partnership was dissolved in 1886. They specialised in furniture based on the designs of Robert Adam, Thomas Chippendale, George Hepplewhite and Thomas Sheraton. The Victoria & Albert Museum hold as part of the collection a chair very similar in style to this suite, purchased in the stock sale of 1887. Such was the quality of the work of Wright and Mansfield, it was decided that the museum must hold an example of a reproduction chair to ensure they were not mistaken as originals in the future. The museum had previously bought a satinwood cabinet in the Adam style which Wright and Thomas had exhibited at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. No apparent damages, just expected wear.
Lot 768
FINE SET OF FOUR EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, each with a shaped top rail over a carved and pierced splat and a padded serpentine seat, on moulded chamfered legs with pierced corner brackets and joined by squared stretchers (4)Provenance: Hardington House, Hardington Mandeville, Somerset.
Lot 833
GEORGE III MAHOGANY DRESSING TABLE in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the hinged rectangular top enclosing a fitted interior with covered compartments and a mirror, apparently retaining the original plate, the exterior with a simulated drawer over a cupboard and a drawer, apparently retaining the original gilt/brass handles, on square legs ending with laminated castors, 72.5cm wide x 52cm deep
Lot 41
A George II mahogany chamber table, circa 1740, the rectangular dish top above two frieze drawers at each end, a false frieze drawer and an opposing false drawer, on cabriole legs and pad feet, 71cm high, 77.5cm wide, 49cm deep For a virtually identical example, see Christie's English Furniture, 15th April 1999, Lot 159 (£16,100) The current table relates in all its features including the lappet carved legs and being finished on all sides, to several small mahogany chamber tables supplied to Sir Robert Walpole (d.1745) at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, circa 1725. This type of table are what Thomas Chippendale would have later referred to as a 'Chamber table', being used as a dressing table in a bedchamber. See A. Moore (ed.) Houghton Hall, The Prime Minister, The Empress and the Heritage, London, 1996, pp.90 and 92, no.8.
Lot 47
A George III mahogany 'butterfly' Pembroke table, attributed to Thomas Chippendale, circa 1770, the shaped top incorporating a pair of hinged leaves, above a frieze drawer with 'axe-head handles' and a divided interior, each moulded cabriole shaped tapering leg surmounted stylised anthemion and scroll carved terminals and terminating in scroll carved feet, brass caps and castors, 70cm high, 48cm wide, 80cm deep, 100cm wide extended For a virtually identical table made by Thomas Chippendale for Paxton House, see Sotheby’s, London, Arts of Europe: Furniture and Decorative Arts, 10th November 2015, Lot 122 (£68,750). The same table is listed in a transcript of Chippendale’s account to Ninian Home for Paxton House, see Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, 1978, 2 vols, vol 1, pp.273-275. For other related examples see also Christie’s London, Important English Furniture 8thJune 2006, lot 15, sold £102,000 and Christie’s New York, 21st October 2005, lot 12, sold $102,000. For another related Pembroke table to the offered lot, see C.C. Stevens and S. Whittington, 18th century English Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection, 1989, pages 320-321. The slender channelled cabriole legs, stylised shell and volute scroll carving and serpentine shape of the tops are all features that the current and Norman Adams example have in common. The handles of the offered Pembroke conform to a design often used by Thomas Chippendale in the period circa 1770-75. In addition, evidence of an elevated level of construction along with the excellent quality of the timber suggests that the present table is possibly the work of Chippendale during this period.
Lot 61
A Colonial hardwood silver or centre table in George III style, mid 19th century, probably Anglo-Indian, in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the shaped top above a carved frieze with interlocking geometric shapes flanking a central carved tablet, the square section legs topped by floral paterae and with further foliate carving and terminating in stepped block feet, 73cm high, 56cm wide, 93cm deep
Lot 72
A set of eight mahogany armchairs, of Cockpen type, seven dating to circa 1800, one other 20th century, after a design by Thomas Chippendale, each shaped and moulded rectangular fretwork back above conforming shaped arms, each drop in seat above square section moulded legs surmounted by pierced corner brackets Provenance: By repute Mount Congreve, County Waterford, Ireland These Chinese-railed chairs relate to a 'garden seat' pattern illustrated in the architect Charles Over's book Ornamental Architecture in the Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste, 1758 (pl. 9). The term 'Cockpen' appears to originate from the village of the same name in Midlothian. The private family pew of the Earls of Dalhousie in the Village church, near their seat of Dalhousie Castle, is said to have had panels of this type which inspired the design.For related designs of Chinese chairs', see Thomas Chippendale, The Gentleman and Cabinet Makers Director, Third Edition, 1762 (reprinted in 1939 by J.Tiranti Ltd), plates XXVI, XXVII and XXVIII.For a set of chairs of this design see Christie's, Interiors, lot 171, 15th July 2014. For a related example of chair see Christie’s, Property form two ducal collections, Woburn Abbey, Bedford, 20th-21st September 2004, Lot 146 (£5,019).
Lot 298
A William III and later, table clock, the movement signed Thomas Smalley, London, the white enamelled chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, surrounding two winding holes and date aperture, the later case with a pagoda top over out-stepped cluster column supports, decorated all over with Chinese Chippendale style pierced gilt brass and on short engraved feet, 25cm wide x 18cm deep x 45cm high
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Lot 3742
Theology and Philosophy - The Beehiuve (sic) Of the Romifh (sic) Church, [London, probably 1632], lacking prelims and incomplete text, traces of calf spine, 12mo (faults); Swan (John), Speculum Mundi: Or A Glasse (sic) Representing the Face of the World; Shewing (sic) both it did begin and muft (sic) alfo (sic) end: The manner How, and time When, being largely examined, Wherunto is Joyned (sic) an Hexameron, or a ferious (sic) difcourfe (sic) of the caufes (sic), continuance, and qualities of things in Nature; occafioned (sic) as matter pertinent to the work done in the fix (sic) days of the Worlds (sic) creation, second edition, Roger Daniel, Printer to the Univerfitie (sic) of Cambridge, 1643, incomplete, contemporary calf, 18th century and later ink MS ownership inscriptions, inset 19th century MS account of incomplete collation to verso, square 12mo; another copy, incomplete, similar faults, 12mo; Perkins (William), A Commentarie or Exposition Upon the Five First Chapters of The Epistle to The Galatians [...], Now publifhed (sic) for the benefite (sic) of the Church, and continued with a Supplement upon the fixt (sic) Chapter, by R[alph] Cudworth, John Legate, Cambridge 1609, tear to lower-half of title-page and text incomplete, disbound, 4to; Hammond (H[enry], D.D.), A Paraphrase and Annotations Upon all the Books of the New Teftament (sic), Briefly explaining all the difficult places thereof, second edition, Printed by J. Flefher (sic) for Richard Royfton (sic) at the Angel in Ivie-lane (sic), London 1659, engraved vignette to title-page, pencil inscription to upper recto pastedown: Collated & correct, full contemporary calf binding, raised bands to spine, upper title-page with contemporaneous ink MS ownership inscription, Heir-Loom John Brymer No. 1284 stamp, Plain Armorial bookplate: William Thomas Parr Brymer: FAS, crown folio; Hammond (H[enry], D.D.), A Paraphrase and Annotations Upon the Books of the Psalms, Briefly explaining the Difficulties thereof, Printed by R. Norton, for Richard Royfton (sic), at the Angel in Ivy-Lane (sic), London 1659, engraved vignette to title-page, full contemporary calf (front cover loose), Chippendale Armorial Ferrers bookplate to front pastedown, small folio; The Book of Common Prayer: and Administration of The Sacraments: and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, With the Pfaler (sic) or Pfalmes (sic) of David, Printed by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings (sic) moft (sic) Excellent Majefty (sic): And by the Affignes (sic) of John Bill, London 1641, early 20th century papered boards, 8vo; Wilson (Tho[mas]), A Christian Dictionary, Opening The fignifications (sic) of the chiefe (sic) Words difperfed generally through Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Teftament (sic), tending to increafe (sic) Chriftian (sic) Knowledge, fifth edition, Printed by Richard Cotes, and are to be fold (sic) by William Hope, at the figne (sic) of the Unicorne (sic) in Cornhill neer (sic) the Royall (sic) Exchange, London 1648, contemporary vellum over boards, 4to; 1682 Book of Common Prayer, contemporary calf, folio, (faults); etc
Lot 132
A George III mahogany wine cooler, circa 1760, in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the hinged lid with cavetto moulded edge opening to a divided and lead lined interior for nine bottles, with a pair of brass side carrying handles and bronze alloy tap to the front panel incorporating a turned wooden handle, the stand with fluted frieze above square section moulded legs cornered by pierced brackets, on brass caps and castors, 71cm high, 46.5cm wide, 47cm deep
Lot 465
GEORGE III STYLE CARVED MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1900, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, the ornate pierced vase shaped splat and acanthus carved scroll arms, above a drop-in seat covered in green simulated watered silk fabric, raised on carved cabriole legs ending in claw and ball feet, 64cm wide, bears Ernest Smith, Southsea trade label Provenance: Private Surrey Collection
Lot 211
A QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE BOOKS relating mainly to furniture. Including; 'English Furniture' by Thomas Arthur Strange; ‘Thomas Chippendale’ by Christopher Gilbert, 'English Furniture, 1500-1840' by Beard and Goodison. AND many others, together with a quantity of books on carpentry and joinery, illustrated by Paul N. Hasluck. AND other books on clocks and cabinet making. (a lot) .
Lot 1800
After Thomas Chippendale for Nostell Priory; a George III style mahogany library table, the gilt tooled leather top over opposing swag and lion caryatid mounted cupboards, enclosing dividers and pull-out trays, on twelve hairy lion's paw feet, 210cm wide x 124cm deep x 82cm high. IllustratedThomas Chippendale delivered the Nostell Priory library table in June 1767. The bill for it in one of the drawers refers to it as "A large mahogany library table, of very fine wood... the whole completely finished in the most elegant taste. £72, 10s"
Lot 22
LANZI, LUIGI & ROSCOE, THOMAS [TRANSLATOR] - THE HISTORY OF PAINTING IN ITALY From The Period Of The Revival Of The Fine Arts To The End Of The Eighteenth Century. London, Simpkin & Marshall, 1828. First edition of this translation, 6 volumes, 8vo, original grey boards, cloth spines, and paper labels (labels badly worn, spines soiled, inner hinges split); SHEPHERD, C W - THE NORTH-WEST PENINSULA OF ICELAND London, Longmans, 1867. First edition, 8vo, folding map and 2 coloured plates, very good in original green publisher's cloth; BURGESS, JAMES W - A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON COACH-BUILDING London, Crosby Lockwood and Co, 1881. 12mo, illustrations in text, publisher's cloth, lacks front free end-paper; BELL, J MUNRO & HAYDEN, ARTHUR - THE FURNITURE DESIGNS OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE London, Gibbings and Co, 1910. First edition, large 4to, plates, publisher's cloth; LAWRENCE, T E - SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, London, Cape, 1935. Fifth impression, 4to, dust-wrapper (with repairs); and circa 34 other volumes/pamphlets relating to archaeology and antiquities, mainly early 20th century, w.a.f. (circa 44) ++As described, sold w.a.f.
Lot 393
A mahogany box on stand in George III style , incorporating period elements, in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the hinged lid enclosing a lift out divided interior, the stand in Chinese Chippendale taste and with rockwork feet, 99cm high, 68cm wide, 52cm deep The interior bearing a pasted paper label referring to a box on stand which sold at Christies Fine English Furniture 13th Feb 1975
Lot 140
Literature: A quantity of books relating to furniture and clocks, including: Christopher Gilbert 'The Life & Work of Thomas Chippendale', Charles Packer 'Paris Furniture by the Master Ebenistes', Serge Roche, Germain Courage and Pierre Devinoy 'Mirrors', Victor Chinnery 'Oak Furniture The British Tradition', Sir Ambrose Heal 'London Furniture Makers 1660-1840'. (A lot) Provenance: The collection of the late Geoffrey Harley, Pickwick End, Corsham.Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
Lot 173
A George III mahogany breakfront library bookcase, circa 1780, the dentil and pendant moulded cornice above four astragal glazed cabinet doors opening to adjustable shelves, the base section with four panelled doors opening to fitted drawers, on a plinth base, 245cm high, 366cm wide, 63cm deep, together with a quantity of books and leather bindings Provenance: T he collection of the late John Marsh, Lawnswood House, South Staffordshire. Purchased with the property from Jack Bean in 1966 For a design of bookcase adopting a very similar design of astragal glazing and fitted drawers with circular handles, see Elizabeth White, Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design, Antique Collectors Club, 1990, page 243 where Plate 45 illustrates a bookcase design from Hepplewhite s The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer s Guide . See also Thomas Chippendale, The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker s Director , (Third Edition 1762), Republished John Tiranti Ltd, 1939, Plate LXXXVII, Two Bookcases for a bookcase demonstrating the same design of door panel, the moulding shaped at the corners to accomadate distinctive finely carved patera terminals.Please note: The books in the bookcase that are physically on view in the saleroom are included with the lot. There are not enough to fill the bookcase. The books in the bookcase illustrated in the catalogue are not included with the lot.
Lot 533
A mahogany secretaire bookcase in George III style, early 20th century, after the manner of Thomas Chippendale, of serpentine outline with swagged frieze above astral glazed doors enclosing shelves, above a pair of cupboard doors with false drawer fronts enclosing a secretaire drawer with an arrangement of drawers and pigeonholes, above two further panel doors, the who flanked by cluster columns, 217cm high, 101cm wide, 50cm deep
Lot 1379
AN IMPORTANT EARLY GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR in the manner of Thomas Johnson, with a divided shaped rectangular plate within mirrored borders, the elaborately carved frame with feathery leaves, scrolling acanthus, flowering branchwork, architectural balconies and pavilions, 95" high x 42.5" wide. Provenance: From the Collection of Edward Cecil Guinness, First Earl of Iveagh at Farmleigh, Castleknock, Co. Dublin. At Farmleigh the mirror is recorded as hanging in the main ground floor corridor. Farmleigh was sold by the Guinness family to the Irish Government in 1995. This magnificent rococo mirror is a tour de force, both in terms of scale and the execution of the design and carving. It relates to the published designs of Thomas Johnson and was almost certainly produced by one of the leading London cabinet makers during the 1760's. Elements of the carving may be compared to comparable pieces by Thomas Chippendale and John Linnell.
Lot 727
A 20thC Mahogany Library Desk; After A Design By Thomas Chippendale. The Green Leather Writing Surface Above A Frieze Drawer Flanked By A Cupboard Door Enclosing Four Drawers, The Doors To Reverse Enclosing A Drawer Above Vertical Divisions. Height 32 Inches, 78 x 47 Inches Deep.http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/furniture-lighting/a-mahogany-library-desk-probably-by-arthur-6062751-details.aspx?from=salesummery&intObjectID=6062751&sid=3cfa41bb-8dc0-41f8-8f7a-f61c24600db4
Lot 161
Houfe (Simon). The Dictionary of 19th Century British Book Illustrators and Caricatures, revised edition, 1996, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, together with Horne (Alan), The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators, reprint edition, 1995, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, both Antique Collectors' Club, and Gilbert (Christopher), The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, 1st edition, 1978, numerous black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed, large 8vo, plus Morrison (Kathryn A.), English Shops and Shopping, An Architectural History, 1st edition, 2003, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly rubbed to head, large 4to, plus other modern illustrated literature, interior design and advertising reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
Lot 727
A 20thC Mahogany Library Desk; After A Design By Thomas Chippendale. The Green Leather Writing Surface Above A Frieze Drawer Flanked By A Cupboard Door Enclosing Four Drawers, The Doors To Reverse Enclosing A Drawer Above Vertical Divisions. Height 32 Inches, 78 x 47 Inches Deep.http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/furniture-lighting/a-mahogany-library-desk-probably-by-arthur-6062751-details.aspx?from=salesummery&intObjectID=6062751&sid=3cfa41bb-8dc0-41f8-8f7a-f61c24600db4
Lot 562
A George III mahogany clothes press in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the top with a fluted frieze applied with patera, above two panelled doors each enclosing a pair of rails, the base with an arrangement of one long and six short drawers around a central rectangular panelled door on plinth base, 206cm high, 136cm wide
Lot 1298
Antique Furniture and Design - a set of eleven b/w exhibition photographs, of 17th and 18th century English furniture, including William Kent, Thomas Chippendale and Thomas Sheraton, Lent by the Victoria and Albert Museum, mounted on green card with their catalogue descriptions and accession numbers, each with issue date 1969 to verso, 53cm x 37.5cm
Lot 158
A COLLECTION OF REFERENCE BOOKS RELATING TO ANTIQUE FURNITURE, including American Furniture, the Federal Period 1788-1825, Georgian Craftsmen and their Work by Geoffrey Beard; Sheraton Furniture; Antique Collectors Club; Christie's Catalogue on the Badminton Cabinet, Fantastic French Furniture; another Christie's Catalogue; American Antique Furniture a Book for Amateurs, by Miller Vol II; The Pine Furniture of Early New England, by Dover; Chippendale Furniture by Anthony Coleridge; Thomas Chippendale by Christopher Guilburt, The Antique Furniture Directory by Mitchell Beasley; and The American Chair 1630-1890 by Marian Day Iverson with 175 drawings by Alex Donnelly. (a lot)
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