Live Auction 20025The Collection of Mrs. Henry Ford II: Eaton Square and Turville Grange
A PAIR OF GREEN AND OCHRE-PAINTED 'CHIPPENDALE' HANGING SHELVES
Lot 248

A PAIR OF GREEN AND OCHRE-PAINTED 'CHIPPENDALE' HANGING SHELVES

19TH CENTURY

Closed15 April 2021

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A PAIR OF GREEN AND OCHRE-PAINTED 'CHIPPENDALE' HANGING SHELVES
19TH CENTURY
Each with pierced trellis and gothic fretwork sides, with four graduated serpentine fronted shelves, redecorated
41 ¾ in. (106 cm.) high; 31 in. (79 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20.5 cm.) deep

Property from the Estate of Henry Ford II; sold Sotheby's, Turville Grange, 5 December 1988, lot 58.

Specialist note

Analysis has suggested that the earlier painted scheme contains lead white used in the 18th and 19th centuries, the present decoration 20th Century.