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A George III Cream-Painted and Parcel-Gilt Two-Light Wall Appliqué
Estimate: $5,000-$7,000
Sold
$5,000
Live Auction
Property from the Fred and Kay Krehbiel Collection, Part I
Location
Chicago
Description

A George III Cream-Painted and Parcel-Gilt Two-Light Wall Appliqué 

The Design Probably by Robert Adam, Circa 1775

Height 53 x width 26 inches.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Condition
Decoration refreshed. The gilding with a faint reddish tone. A restored break to the bottom central leaf tip. One trailing husk to the far left plinth, slightly bent but present. Typical repairs to trailing husks, commensurate with age. A restored break to the right hand side of the vase, only apparent from the reverse. The right hand bow, a well-matched and well-carved replacement only visible from the reverse. The upper left-hand carving where it meets the oval plaque with a reinforced backing with a linen strip. The structure is overall fragile due to the delicate design but appears to remain intact and generally stable.

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Provenance

Provenance:
Chandos House, London (according to the invoice)
Hotspur Ltd., London, 14 June 1990 (with invoice)

Note:
Chandos House, London was designed by the pre-eminent Georgian architect Robert Adam (1728-1792) originally as a speculative investment partially financed by the banker Sir George Colebrooke. It was eventually purchased by James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos (d. 1789) until it’s sale to the Austrian Embassy in 1815.