A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY GAINSBOROUGH ARMCHAIRS
in the manner or Thomas Chippendale with padded scroll arms and serpentine seats, the hipped and moulded cabriole legs terminating in scroll toes and leather-clad castors, 58cm wide (2)
Provenance: One from the collection of the Hon. Stephen Tennant, Wilsford Manor, Wiltshire.
Bt. at Sotheby’s sale on the Premises, 15th October 1987, Lot 185.
The other from Richard Courtney, Bt. at the BADA Fair, March 2004.
Estimate: |
£10,000 - £20,000
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Hammer price: |
£13,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
The Courtney chair bears the label of “Sir B.R. Graham Bart”.