WONDERFUL PAIR OF CHINESE HARDWOOD CHAIRS "Masterpiece First Prize"

WONDERFUL PAIR OF CHINESE HARDWOOD CHAIRS "Masterpiece First Prize"
CHINESE 1720


SUBLIME EXAMPLE OF CHINESE FURNITURE FOR THE ENGLISH ARISTOCRACY .

REF TEMPLE NEWSAM YORKSHIRE ENGLAND and IDENTICAL SET OF TEN DINING CHAIRS AT HATFIELD HOUSE HERTFORDSHIRE ( built by Robert Cecil Chief Minister to James 1st 1621 HOME TO 7th Marquess and Marchioness of Salisbury .





A Rare and Exceptional Example of a Pair Eighteenth Century Chinese ( Canton ) Hardwood Side Chairs Mirrorwing the English Queen Anne Period Counterpart ,With the Added Expression of the Very Individual Stylised Intricate Carving Which in Turn Resembles the Gilt Gesso Relief as Seen on English Tables , Mirrors and Chairs of the Period .





Please Note :- Of Superb Well Balanced Proportions and the Most Excellent Natural Original Patination





Please Note :- Another Chair Found From The Same Suite of Furniture is Exhibited in the Collection at Temple Newsam House

At Leeds , Yorkshire , UK



Provenance Private Collection Kensington London and EEC



Literature Most Important and Comprehensive Reference See Collection of Richard Milhender Illustrated in Carl Crossman " The China Trade " Page 229



Reference 5877 and 5750