Live Auction 2273The William F. Reilly Collection
Christie’s roundel
Lot 128

AN IRISH GEORGE II WALNUT OPEN ARMCHAIR

CIRCA 1740

Closed14 October 2009

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USD 40,000

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AN IRISH GEORGE II WALNUT OPEN ARMCHAIR
CIRCA 1740
The padded back and seat above a shell and foliate-carved apron on faceted cabriole legs

Possibly from the collection of the late Brig. W. E. Clarke, CMG, DSO; Sotheby's, London, 25 July 1969, lot 79 (an identical armchair).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19-20 January 1996, lot 366.
Mallett, London, 1996.

Specialist note

The armchair may have formed part of a larger suite. A matching stool of this design is illustrated in The Knight of Glin and J. Peill, Irish Furniture, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 219, fig. 59.