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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
england , circa 1740
An exceptional pair of George II walnut side chairs. Dating to the first half of the 18th century with upholstered seats and backs, supported on superb quality cabriole legs intricately carved to the knees with delicate trelliswork and to the toes with foliate detailing.
The carving of the walnut of superb quality.
The carving of the walnut of superb quality.
Provenance
The collection of Richard George Penn Curzon, 4th Earl Howe (d. 1929), Penn House, Buckinghamshire.
With A. Chester Beatty, Dublin, until 1954
Acquired from the above through Frank Partridge and Sons, Ltd., London, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, through the Rogers Fund, January 1954
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
With A. Chester Beatty, Dublin, until 1954
Acquired from the above through Frank Partridge and Sons, Ltd., London, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, through the Rogers Fund, January 1954
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Stock number
U10.118
dimensions
Literature
Height: 38³/₄ in (98.5 cm)
Width: 22 in (56 cm)
Depth: 26 in (66 cm)
Width: 22 in (56 cm)
Depth: 26 in (66 cm)
An exceptional pair of George II walnut side chairs. Dating to the first half of the 18th century with upholstered seats and backs, supported on superb quality cabriole legs intricately carved to the knees with delicate trelliswork and to the toes with foliate detailing.
The carving of the walnut of superb quality.
The carving of the walnut of superb quality.
P. Remington, 'The Galleries of European Decorative Arts and Period Rooms', Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New York, November 1954, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 69, 111
H. Comstock, 'English Furniture', The Magazine Antiques, vol. 67, p. 399, fig. 4
H. Comstock, 'English Furniture', The Magazine Antiques, vol. 67, p. 399, fig. 4
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