Live Auction 6451Works of Art from the Collection of the late Lord Forte & An Interior by Francoise de Pfyffer
A PAIR OF GEORGE I-STYLE GILTWOOD SIDE CHAIRS
Lot 57

A PAIR OF GEORGE I-STYLE GILTWOOD SIDE CHAIRS

EARLY 20TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF JAMES MOORE, POSSIBLY BY LENYGON AND MORANT

Closed12 July 2012

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GBP 5,625

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A PAIR OF GEORGE I-STYLE GILTWOOD SIDE CHAIRS
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF JAMES MOORE, POSSIBLY BY LENYGON AND MORANT
Each with gently waisted back above a stuff-over seat on mask-headed cabriole from legs, covered in foliate petit point with pale blue ground, the reverse covered in plain Navy blue wool
39½ in. (100 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

The design of these chairs is closely related to a group of chairs attributed to James Moore (d. 1726) which were supplied to James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1673/4-1744), for Cannons, Edgware, Middlesex (see Christie's London, 8 June 2006 lot 50).