拍品 235
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS in the manner of John Linnell with cartouche-shaped padded backs and serpentine seats covered in striped velvet, the moulded frames crisply-carved with foliage rising to shell and foliage crestings, the padded arms with down-curved supports carved with long leaves and ball finials, on fluted tapering legs (2)

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS in the manner of John Linnell with cartouche-shaped padded backs and serpentine seats covered in striped velvet, the moulded frames crisply-carved with foliage rising to shell and foliage crestings, the padded arms with down-curved supports carved with long leaves and ball finials, on fluted tapering legs (2)

拍品专文

The ball finials clasped by leaves are a recurrent motif in the documented ouevre of John Linnell, appearing on a set of armchairs supplied to Robert Child for Osterley circa 1768 and on a set of seat-furniture supplied to the Duke of Argyll for Inverary Castle circa 1775-1778 (H. Hayward and P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell, London, 1980, figs. 72, 87 and 89). The crestings on these chairs are also closely comparable to those on the suite of seat-furniture supplied circa 1775-1776 for the Tapestry Room at Osterley (op.cit., fig. 92)