A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRSATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM VILE, CIRCA 1760A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRSATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM VILE, CIRCA 1760The rectangular back and seat covered in silver stencilled crushed silk velvet and flanked by out-scrolled arms with floral terminals issuing trailing vinery above blind fretwork cartouches draped with fully sculpted floral garlands, the apron densely carved with shells, C-scrolls flowers and foliage on blind fretwork carved legs draped with garlands joined by scrolled brackets, on guttae feet raised on casters, one with pencil 1234 to back rail, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label39 1/2 in. (100.3 cm.) high, 28 3/8 in. (72.1 cm.) wide, 29 3/4 in. (75.6 cm.) deepPlease note this lot will be moved to Christie’s F… 显示更多 A PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS FROM THE ST. GILES’S HOUSE SUITE来源: 细节 A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRSATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM VILE, CIRCA 1760The rectangular back and seat covered in silver stencilled crushed silk velvet and flanked by out-scrolled arms with floral terminals issuing trailing vinery above blind fretwork cartouches draped with fully sculpted floral garlands, the apron densely carved with shells, C-scrolls flowers and foliage on blind fretwork carved legs draped with garlands joined by scrolled brackets, on guttae feet raised on casters, one with pencil 1234 to back rail, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label39 1/2 in. (100.3 cm.) high, 28 3/8 in. (72.1 cm.) wide, 29 3/4 in. (75.6 cm.) deep 来源 Commissioned by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury (1711-1771), St. Giless House, Wimborne, Dorset.By descent to Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th, Earl of Shaftesbury, by whom sold circa 1950 (chairs from the suite were sold throughout the 1950s).A Private Collection; Sothebys, New York, 22 April 1995, lot 71.Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above. 出版 St. Giless House, Dorsetshire, A seat of the Earl of Shaftesbury, Country Life, 20 March 1915, pp. 373-374.P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 3 vol., London, 1924-27, vol. III, p. 102, fig. 50; idem. rev. ed., 1954, vol. III, p. 94, fig. 54.O. Brackett, Thomas Chippendale, London 1930, pl. XXI.M. Jourdain, Furniture at St. Giless, Dorset, Country Life, 23 June 1934, figs. 1-2.C. Hussey, St. Giless House, Dorset, the Home of the Earl of Shaftesbury, Country Life, 24 September 1943, p. 553, figs. 3-4.R.W. Symonds, Suites of Chairs and Sofas of the 18th Century, The Antique Collector, June 1958, pp. 98-100, figs, 2-4.R. C. Lines, My House at St. Giless, Connoisseur, vol. CXLIV, August 1959, pl. 12.St. Giless House, Antique Collector, August 1962, pl. 145.R. Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1964, p. 455, fig. 43.A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London, 1968, p. 194, fig. 202.C. Gilbert, The St. Giless House Furniture sale, Christies Review of the Season 1980, pp. 214-218.W. Rieder, A Golden Age of English Furniture, Apollo, February 1980, p. 36, figs. 5 and 6.G. Beard and J. Goodison, English Furniture 1500-1840, Oxford, 1987, p. 110. 展览 Two armchairs from the same suite exhibited in English Taste in the Eighteenth Century, Royal Academy of Arts, 1955-56, no. 194. 注意事项 Please note this lot will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) at 5pm on the last day of the sale. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services. Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information. This sheet is available from the Bidder Registration staff, Purchaser Payments or the Packing Desk and will be sent with your invoice.