Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS Designed by Robert Adam and made by Thomas Chippendale Each with padded back, arms and seat covered in crimson floral damask, the shaped rectangular back framed with foliage-bound reeding, headed at the angles by paterae, the scrolled serpentine toprail centred by a pierced anthemion, 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, both chairs with incised constructional numerals, one chair numbered on the back of the front-rail 'I', the other numbered 'II', with two pairs of batten-holes front to back, the seat-rails raised and with large screw-holes in the centre of each seat-rail and at the top of each leg, with beechwood frames, seat-rail facings, frontrails and legs in limewood; chair 'I' with two oak and two beech cross-struts; re-gilt; chair 'II' with two mahogany and two beech cross-struts, the upper part of the pierced anthemion cresting possibly replaced; re-gilt (see page 33) 30¼ in. (77 cm.) wide overall; the seats 27 in. (68.5 cm.) wide; 41¾ in. (106 cm.) high; 30¼ in. (77 cm.) deep (2)