A MATCHED PAIR OF VICTORIAN MAHOGANY 'CURULE' ARMCHAIRS
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A MATCHED PAIR OF VICTORIAN MAHOGANY 'CURULE' ARMCHAIRS

BY GREGORY AND CO. AFTER THE DESIGN BY THOMAS HOPE, CIRCA 1870

已結束2017年11月15日

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A MATCHED PAIR OF VICTORIAN MAHOGANY 'CURULE' ARMCHAIRS
BY GREGORY AND CO. AFTER THE DESIGN BY THOMAS HOPE, CIRCA 1870
Each with curved tablet toprail with strigilated panel centred by a patera between turned reeded uprights surmounted by reeded egg finials, the reeded and block arms, above a close-nailed dark green leather padded seat, on fluted X-frame supports joined by turned and reeded stretchers, one chair stamped twice GREGORY & CO, the unstamped chair with repairs
38 ½ in. (98 cm.) high; 23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) wide; 23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) deep

專家說明

This 'Regency' pattern of 'ancient curule' chair, popularised in Thomas Hope, Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807, pls. VII and XX, nos. 3 & 4., formed part of the 'artistic furniture' collection executed by Gregory & Co., who were established in Regent Street in 1861, (see D. Watkin and P. Hewatt-Jaboor eds, Thomas Hope, London, 2008, no. 79).