A GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR
DESIGNED BY ROBERT ADAM AND MADE BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE SUPPLIED 1765
A GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR DESIGNED BY ROBERT ADAM AND MADE BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE SUPPLIED 1765 The padded back, arms and seat covered in blue floral cut-velvet silk damask, the shaped rectangular back framed with foliage-bound reeding, headed at the angles by paterae, the scrolled serpentine toprail centred by a pierced anthemia, the padded arms with scrolled foliate supports, the terminals with flowerheads, the padded serpentine-fronted seat above a deep seat-rail edged with a husk border carved with a shell issuing scrolling foliage ending in winged sphinxes, the sides with interlaced scrolls and sphinxes, the back with scrolls, on cabriole legs headed by anthemions suspending ribbon-tied wreaths, on hairy paw feet headed by a beaded girdle enclosing anti-friction castors, incised 'VIII' on the front rail, the seat-rails raised for upholstery tacking, with large screw-holes in the centre of each seat-rail and at the top of each leg for constructional tightening, the frame and side seat-rails in beechwood, the side seat-rail facings, front seat-rails and legs in limewood, with beech cross-struts, originally oil-gilt, now water-gilt over a thin lacquer with traces of original oil-gilding 41¾ in. (106 cm.) high; 28½ in. (72.5 cm.) wide; 29½ in. (75 cm.) deep
A GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR
DESIGNED BY ROBERT ADAM AND MADE BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE SUPPLIED 1765
A GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR DESIGNED BY ROBERT ADAM AND MADE BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE SUPPLIED 1765 The padded back, arms and seat covered in blue floral cut-velvet silk damask, the shaped rectangular back framed with foliage-bound reeding, headed at the angles by paterae, the scrolled serpentine toprail centred by a pierced anthemia, the padded arms with scrolled foliate supports, the terminals with flowerheads, the padded serpentine-fronted seat above a deep seat-rail edged with a husk border carved with a shell issuing scrolling foliage ending in winged sphinxes, the sides with interlaced scrolls and sphinxes, the back with scrolls, on cabriole legs headed by anthemions suspending ribbon-tied wreaths, on hairy paw feet headed by a beaded girdle enclosing anti-friction castors, incised 'VIII' on the front rail, the seat-rails raised for upholstery tacking, with large screw-holes in the centre of each seat-rail and at the top of each leg for constructional tightening, the frame and side seat-rails in beechwood, the side seat-rail facings, front seat-rails and legs in limewood, with beech cross-struts, originally oil-gilt, now water-gilt over a thin lacquer with traces of original oil-gilding 41¾ in. (106 cm.) high; 28½ in. (72.5 cm.) wide; 29½ in. (75 cm.) deep
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