Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 11th January 2017

Lot 304

A set of 'Chinese Chippendale' giltwood and mahogany hanging wall shelves

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £2400

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Description

A set of 'Chinese Chippendale' giltwood and mahogany hanging wall shelves, with a carved leaf and fretwork surmount with an acorn finial above three tiers with pierced fretwork galleries and ends, inscribed '4305A', possibly 18th century, 142cm high, 79.3cm wide, 18.5cm deep.

The leaf pediment corresponds to that of a 'China Shelf' pattern in Thomas Chippendale's 'The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director', 1754, pl. 119 .

Provenance: Miss Julia Lowenthal,,Christie's, London,10th March 2005, lot 125.