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A PAIR OF REGENCY GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS
Lot 268PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE LORD AND LADY JOHN CHOLMONDELEY (LOTS 263 - 268)

A PAIR OF REGENCY GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS

CIRCA 1800

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GBP 12,500

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A PAIR OF REGENCY GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS
CIRCA 1800
Each with padded back, arms and seat upholstered in later cream and brown geometric-pattern covers by David Hicks, the scrolled back with entrelac-carved border, the tapering fluted and scrolled arm supports above satyr-headed sabre legs terminating in hairy hoof feet, re-gilt, one inscribed in ink '42060'
34 ¼ in. (87 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 21 ¾ in. (55 cm.) deep

Acquired from Mallett, London,
Lord and Lady John Cholmondeley in the 1960s, and thence by descent.

Note du spécialiste

A pair of armchairs of identical pattern was sold anonymously Christie's, New York, 14 October 1989, lot 123 ($25,300 incl' premium), and another pair, plus two modern copies, was sold Sotheby's, New York, 16/17 April 1998, lot 898 ($43,125 incl' premium).