Furniture

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CABINETS
Furniture
CABINETS
469. Cabinet on Stand
Circa 1690-1700
Painted, gessoed, and silvered w o o d ;
brass mounts
Cabinet: Height: 2 ft. 854 i n . (82.5 cm);
EXHIBITIONS
W i d t h : 3 ft. ι i n . (93.9 cm); D e p t h :
L o n d o n , T h e V i c t o r i a and Albert Museum,
ι ft. 7 Κ i n . (49.5 cm); Stand: Height:
The Orange and the Rose: Holknd
2 ft. 7% i n . (79.3 cm); W i d t h : 3 ft. 5% i n .
Britain
(104.7
c m
) ; D e p t h : 1 ft. 11% i n . (59.6 cm)
and
in the Age of Observation, 1600-1750,
October 1964-January 1965, no. 220; N e w
York, T h e C o o p e r - H e w i t t M u s e u m and
Accession number 78.DA.117
Pittsburgh, T h e Carnegie Museum, Courts
PROVENANCE
M r s . Geoffrey H a r t , London; purchased by
J. Paul Getty, 1961.
and Colonies: The William and Mary Style in
Holland, EngUnd, and America,
November
1988-May 1989, no. 107, p. 157, illus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
R. W . Symonds, "The C i t y o f Westminster
and Its Furniture Makers," Connoisseur 100
(July 1937), pp. 3-9, illus. pp. 2, 9; R. W .
Symonds, " T h e Age o f Charles I I , "
Con­
noisseur111 (June 1943), illus. p. 125; Horace
Shipp, "A H o m e and Its Treasures: M r s ;
Geoffrey Hart's Collection at H y d e Park
Gardens, "Apollo
62 (December 1955), illus.
p. 181; R. W . P. Luff, "Oriental Lacquer and
English Japan: Some Cabinets from the C o l ­
lection o f M r . J. Paul Getty at Sutton Place,
Surrey," The Antique
Collector
(December
1962), pp. 256-261, illus. p. 259, fig. 5.
469
E N G L I S H SEAT F U R N I T U R E
SEAT
472. A r m c h a i r
FURNITURE
L o n d o n , circa 1750-1760
W a l n u t w i t h pine and oak; traces o f gesso,
470. Side C h a i r
(?) L o n d o n , late seventeenth century
paint, and gilding; remnants o f original
Gessoed a n d gilded walnut; modern
w o o l upholstery
upholstery
Height: 3 ft. 3 i n . (99 cm); W i d t h :
Height: 3 ft. 10 i n . (116.8 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 1/4 i n . (64.7 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 1 i n .
ι ft. i o K i n . (57.1 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. 1 i n .
(63.5 cm)
(63.5 cm)
Accession number 85.DA.120
Accession number 75.DA.62
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
(?) D a v i d Garrick, L o n d o n (1717-1779); an
[Frederick Victoria, Inc., N e w York]; Nicolas
upholsterer, outside Philadelphia; [Glenn
Landau, Paris; purchased by J. Paul G e t t y
Randall, N e w York, 1984].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
One of a pair
471
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMus] 14 (1986),
no. 186, p. 240, illus.
471. Pair o f A r m c h a i r s
London, circa 1740-1745
I n the style o f W i l l i a m Bradshaw
Gessoed and parcel-gilt pine; modern silk
upholstery
Height: 3 ft. 2% i n . (97.9 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 3% i n . (69.3 cm); D e p t h : 2 ft. y /s i n .
3
(79.7 cm)
Accession number 78.DA.96.1-.2
PROVENANCE
R. W. M i l l e r (sold, Christies, L o n d o n , Janu­
ary 21, i960, l o t 43, to Pallott); [A. Cook,
London]; purchased by J. Paul Getty, i960.
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