Lot Details
Lot 338
Pair of George III Giltwood Open Armchairs
Attributed to François Hervé, circa 1785
Each padded oval back and bowfronted seat flanked by padded arms on leaf-carved fluted supports ending in scrolls, the apron with an flower-carved oval patera and raised on tapering fluted square legs. Height 38 inches (96.5 cm), width 24 inches (61 cm), depth 20 inches (50.8 cm).
Provenance:
W. R. Harvey & Co (Antiques) Ltd., London
Purchased from the above, January 31, 1994.
An attribution for this pair of armchairs to François Hervé is based on 'the documented pieces at Chatsworth where [Hervé's style] can be seen as a light, elegant and adroit mixture of English and French detail', (Beard and Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986, pp. 423-424). Ivan Hall, op. cit., describes Hervé's style as embodying 'certain distinctive features, among them the stepping down of the seat rails at their junction with the legs, a sensible constructional device that retained the slender elegance of the seat rails while providing a stronger joint at the leg junctions.'
C Property of a Gentleman
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