A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY TORCHERES

A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY TORCHERES in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, each with an octagonal top with a pierced fretwork gallery, on a turned and fluted shaft with an elongated baluster lower section incorporating a spirally-fluted urn, on tripod bases with elongated pad feet, 10" wide x 48.75" high Provenance: Originally from the collection at Herriard Park, Hampshire, the home of the Jervoise family. These torcheres, with their fine quality timber and purity of execution, may be compared to similar torcheres supplied to Paxton House by Thomas Chippendale in 1774