A fine Chippendale style mahogany suite, including a triple-chairback settee and two armchairs
English, 19th century
the finely carved backs with ribbon and C-sroll central splat decorated with acorn nuts and leaves, with foliate carved upright supports and acanthus carved shaped top rails above out-swept swan-neck arms with foliate carving above drop in seats covered with Oriental silk damask above a foliate and shell carved front rail and raised on bold cabriole legs with acanthus carving and terminating on paw feet,
the settee 177cm wide, 64cm deep, 105cm high, the chairs 85cm wide, 64cm deep, 105cm high. (3)
the finely carved backs with ribbon and C-sroll central splat decorated with acorn nuts and leaves, with foliate carved upright supports and acanthus carved shaped top rails above out-swept swan-neck arms with foliate carving above drop in seats covered with Oriental silk damask above a foliate and shell carved front rail and raised on bold cabriole legs with acanthus carving and terminating on paw feet,
the settee 177cm wide, 64cm deep, 105cm high, the chairs 85cm wide, 64cm deep, 105cm high. (3)
Estimate:
AU$ 20,000 - 30,000
£13,000 - 19,000
US$ 19,000 - 29,000
£13,000 - 19,000
US$ 19,000 - 29,000
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- Provenance:
Purchased by the present owner in 1960 from Victor Newbold, Newcastle, NSW.
Private Collection Sydney
Category: Furniture / Australian Colonial Furniture and Australiana
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