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Early 18th Century Walnut Wing Chair
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An early-18th century walnut wing armchair. George I period, ca 1715.
This fine English walnut wingback chair is raised on well-drawn carved cabriole legs. With a lovely kick on the back legs.
Remarkably, after some 300 years, it still retains its original gros-point needlework upholstery in vibrant colors.
Of superb proportions, color, figuring and patination.
Measures:
H 106 cm (42'')
D 68 cm (27'').
W 87.5 cm (34 1/2'').
Literature:
Herbert Cescinsky 'English Furniture Of The Eighteenth Century', George Routledge & Sons (1911) vol. I, p. 81, fig. 105. ''A walnut easy chair'' dated 1710.
Nb. A slightly earlier antique walnut and beech wing armchair with contemporary needlework, circa 1710, sold in Christies, Lot 164, October 2015 @ £48,350 -The Property of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Sothebys sold a George II needlework-upholstered walnut wing armchair, circa 1730, lot 22, Oct. 2013 @ £62,900.
Christies sold a similar Georgian walnut wing chair, lot 50, on 22 May 2019 @ £37,500, with associated 18th century gros- and petit-point needlework, restorations, and the back seat rail replaced.
Ralph Edwards C.B.E., F.S.A. 'The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture - From the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period', 1972, illus. 5, page 400 and p. 402. A winged armchair in the Victoria and Albert Museum London, ca 1720.
- Dimensions:Height: 41.74 in (106 cm)Width: 34.45 in (87.5 cm)Depth: 26.78 in (68 cm)
- Style:Georgian (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1720
- Condition:Repaired: Minor historical restoration - highly professionally executed - entirely commensurate with age. In superb condition overall. Wear consistent with age and use. Of superb proportions, colour, figuring and patination. Minor historical restoration entirely commensurate with age. In superb condition throughout.
- Seller Location:Lymington, GB
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