Florian Papp Inc. - Laurel Wreath Convex Mirror

Now that’s some good provenance: “An extraordinary pair of 19th c. giltwood klismos armchairs with ebonized owl-form arm supports. Most probably supplied to Adrian Hope, son of Thomas Hope, by Alexander Roos for the Carlton Gardens residence.” Kentshire Galleries Ltd. - Pair of Giltwood Armchairs

Under $1 million? Attributed to my namesake? Bargain.

It Almost sounds as if the catalogue-writer is calling Mr. Chippendale unoriginal: “Its eclectic Franco-Italian ornament applied to an essentially Palladian structure is represented in a pattern for a ‘Desk & Bookcase’ in his first edition of the Director in 1754 (pl. LXXVIII; and pl. CVIII in the 1762 edition). The serpentine voluted pediment framing a bust-plinth is in the revived antique manner of the celebrated architect Inigo Jones (d. 1650), while the inlaid drawer panels derive from a Louis XIV commode in the antique style designed and engraved by the ornamentalist Jean Berain (d. 1711) (L’Oeuvre Complet de Jean Berain, n.d., pl. 88; reproduced in Messer sale, lot 130). The fretted ‘triumphal arch’ and tablet-form glazing bars and inlaid medallions correspond to the neoclassical style introduced by the architect and designer Robert Adam (d. 1792).” (Jean Berain?! Puh-leeze… Where are the naked dancers named after him?)

He just had this way with curves…

passingstrnge:

- Sofa - Plate XXXI, Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director
(French style [reverse scroll feet] Rococo style)
designed by Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779)
via Buffalo As An Architectural Museum

At Hyde Park Antiques: A George IV Mahogany Diminutive Pedestal Sideboard