Live Auction 9441Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers
A GEORGE III SILK CHRISTENING ROBE
Lot 49

A GEORGE III SILK CHRISTENING ROBE

MADE FOR HENRY CARINGTON BOWLES, 1763

Closed1 October 2013

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GBP 750

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A GEORGE III SILK CHRISTENING ROBE
MADE FOR HENRY CARINGTON BOWLES, 1763
The satin silk robe with applied brading and fringing
33½ in. (85 cm.)
Together with a print of Carington Bowles and a photograph of a further portrait of the sitter

Specialist note

Henry Carington Bowles 1763-1830 was one of the Bowles family book and map publishers of London. The company started by Thomas Bowles in the late 17th century produced numerous atlases and pocket and wall maps, becoming Bowles and Carver in 1793 until the 1830's.