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One of a pair of George III giltwood armchairs, 1765 (limewood, beech & damask)
6039167 One of a pair of George III giltwood armchairs, 1765 (limewood, beech & damask) by Adam, Robert (1728-92); 107x75.5x75 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Designed by Robert Adam and made by Thomas Chippendale. Each with padded back, arms and seat covered in blue floral cut-velvet silk damask, the shaped rectangular back framed with foliage-bound reeding, headed at the angles by paterae, the scrolled serpentine toprail centred by a pierced anthemia, the padded arms with scrolled foliate supports, the terminals with flowerheads, the padded serpentine-fronted seat above a deep seat-rail edged with a husk border carved with a shell issuing scrolling foliage ending in winged sphinxes, the sides with interlaced scrolls and sphinxes, the back with scrolls, on cabriole legs headed by anthemions suspending ribbon-tied wreaths, on hairy paw feet headed by a beaded girdle enclosing anti-friction castors, both chairs with incised constructional numerals, one chair numbered on the back of the front-rail III and with chalk inscription M.H. 28/11, the other numbered VI, the seat-rails raised for upholstery tacking, with large screw-holes in the centre of each seat-rail and at the top of each leg for constructional tightening, the frames and side seat-rails in beechwood, the side seat-rail facings, front seat-rails and legs in limewood, with beech cross-struts, originally oil-gilt, now water-gilt over a thin lacquer with traces of original oil-gilding); Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright
Media ID 22583002
© Christie's Images / Bridgeman Images
Armchair Armchairs Chippendale George Iii Robert Adam Thomas Chippendale
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