A PRIVATE COLLECTION, EATON PLACE, LONDON (LOTS 68-79)
A PAIR OF REGENCY BRONZED AND PARCEL-GILT KLISMOS CHAIRS
EACH STAMPED 'G.W' AND ONE STAMPED 'T.BIRD', EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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Price Realised GBP 12,600
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GBP 7,000 - GBP 10,000
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Closed: 18 Apr 2023
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A PAIR OF REGENCY BRONZED AND PARCEL-GILT KLISMOS CHAIRS
EACH STAMPED 'G.W' AND ONE STAMPED 'T.BIRD', EARLY 19TH CENTURY
This pattern of parlour or drawing-room chair, japanned Etruscan-black with golden tasseled epaulette corners, has an upholstered klismos-tablet corresponding to a chair in Rudolph Ackerman's Repository of the Arts, 1810 (pl. 12) that was described as being 'very handsome and truly comfortable... with a French cushion, and stuffed back'. The cornucopiae-scrolled legs featured on drawing-room chair patterns issued by Ackerman in 1814 (pl. 66) and probably derived from Morgan and Sanders, cabinet-makers and upholsterers of Catherine Street, Strand, whose work received praise at this time. The stamps are likely to be those of two journeymen, rather than the chairmaker himself, which would account for the different stamps. A pair of Klismos chairs, almost certainly from the same set was sold Christie's, London 25 November 2004, lot 98.
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In overall good condition. There are the inevitable dents. marks, chips and scratches consistent with age and use. Chair A: The feet have been tipped. Chair B: Both back legs with a spliced repair, the front two legs have been tipped. As stated in the cataloguing, redecorated. Each painted in imitation of bronze. Some chips and flaking to the decoration, particularly to the feet. The later caning is also in good order. The upholstery is in very good condition. Structurally sound and ready to use.
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Lot 77Sale 21905
EACH STAMPED 'G.W' AND ONE STAMPED 'T.BIRD', EARLY 19TH CENTURYA PAIR OF REGENCY BRONZED AND PARCEL-GILT KLISMOS CHAIRSEstimate: GBP 7,000 - 10,000
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