May 22, 2024 10:00 EST
Old Master Paintings / English & Continental Silver, Furniture & Decorative Arts
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Pair of George III Mahogany Library Armchairs
Circa 1765
Estate / Collection: Property from a Greenwich Residence
Each padded back and serpentine seat with shell-carved apron with ruffles and acanthus leaves and flanked by padded arms and cabochon and acanthus carved handholds on incurved supports, the acanthus and C-scrolled cabriole legs ending in scroll feet; each front rail with inked number B-362X (twice).
Height 36 1/2 in (93 cm), width 28 3/4 in (72.4 cm), depth of seat 22 in (56 cm)
Parke-Bernet Galleries, The Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Collection of English Furniture, April 29-30, 1960, lot 118.
Christie's, New York, April 24, 1993, lot 85.
$25,000 - $35,000
Estate / Collection: Property from a Greenwich Residence
Each padded back and serpentine seat with shell-carved apron with ruffles and acanthus leaves and flanked by padded arms and cabochon and acanthus carved handholds on incurved supports, the acanthus and C-scrolled cabriole legs ending in scroll feet; each front rail with inked number B-362X (twice).
Height 36 1/2 in (93 cm), width 28 3/4 in (72.4 cm), depth of seat 22 in (56 cm)
Parke-Bernet Galleries, The Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Collection of English Furniture, April 29-30, 1960, lot 118.
Christie's, New York, April 24, 1993, lot 85.
English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Fine quality, previous restorations, partially reframed, one with three repaired breaks to left arm support, repaired breaks right arm support, repaired breaks to apron at junctions of legs and now with plugged repairs, age crack to left seat rail, previously with sunk casters, old marks and scratches, later corner blocks, losses to carved elements; second chair with repaired breaks to left arm support, chip to foliate carving below cabochon or right arm, chip to right side of apron, back left foot spliced, previously with sunk casters old marks and scratches, scuffs to legs and feet.
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Auction: Old Master Paintings / English & Continental Silver, Furniture & Decorative Arts, May 22, 2024
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Auction of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Prints on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 10am
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Comprising Lots 1 - 92 in the Sale
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Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle's auction on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 10am will present Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Prints showcasing a wide range of landscapes, still lifes, portraits and religious subjects by European artists from the Renaissance through the 19th century.
Venetian Vedute & the Grand Tour
A highlight of the May 21 auction is A View of the Piazza San Marco, Looking East toward the Basilica attributed to Apollonio Domenichini (The Master of the Langmatt Foundation Views). Read Essay
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