Important South African & International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 13 October 2014
English Silver & Furniture, including a Collection of Portrait Miniatures
Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
About this Item
A set of six Queen Anne walnut and marquetry dining chairs, circa 1720
each curvilinear back carved with foliate cresting above a concave vase-shaped splat inlaid with urns and foliage, drop-in seat, on square-section cabriole legs, square-shaped feet joined by stretchers, restorations
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Provenance
Purchased from Spink & Son, London, 1st June 1974. This set was exhibited as item Number 4 in the 'Spink 74 Exhibition'.
The set originally consisted of eight chairs, one is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Museum number W:-1-1953. Gift of Mr Ronald A Lee through The Art Fund
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