Catalogue of a very fine collection of old English furniture : comprising Chippendale and other bookcases, writing and card tables, escritoires, chest of drawers, sets of dining-room chairs, glasses in carved and gilt Chippendale frames, trays and screens, inlaid and painted satin-wood cabinets, card, pier and work tables, boxes and vases for knives, inlaid mahogany and walnut cabinets, clocks, tables, &c. : also, the President's Chair of The Cauliflower Club, a fine specimen of Chippendale's work : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Wednesday, May 27, 1874, at one o'clock precisely.
Published / Created:
[London] : [Printed by W. Clowes and Sons], 1874.
Physical Description:
14 pages ; 25 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsN8640 .N4 v. 4 no.24Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Place of sale: London.Date of sale: May 27,1874.BAC: British Art Center copy is annotated in graphite with sale prices for some lots. Number 24 of 33 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary quarter roan; with the armorial bookplate of Rupert Gunnis; with a manuscript index of catalogs in the volume on the front endpapers. Illegible inscription on title page.
Subject Terms:
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. | Decorative objects -- Catalogs. | Furniture -- England -- London -- Catalogs. | Chippendale, Thomas, 1718–1779 | Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate.