Important English Furniture
Catalogue Information: 133 lots with images
Lot 1: A CHINESE-EXPORT REVERSE MIRROR PAINTING-ON-GLASS
18TH CENTURYThe rectangular plate depicting a lady with a small dog and a young child, in a watery landscape and a bridge with pavilion beyond, in a George III style carved and gilded pierced-rockwork frame19 1/4 x 14 in. (49 x 35.5 cm.)
Lot 2: A SET OF FOUR CHINESE-EXPORT REVERSE PAINTINGS-ON-GLASS
LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURYAfter French prints, one depicting a lady preparing for bed, another of her rising, another of her asleep on a canapé and another of her being courted by a gentleman, in George III giltwood frames, with dealers label 'Ellis & [...more]
Lot 3: A CHINESE-EXPORT REVERSE MIRROR PAINTING-ON-GLASS
MID-18TH CENTURYThe rectangular plate depicting a Chinese lady seated in a landscape with a ram and ewe beside a river, in an English 18th century black and gilt-japanned frame, previously with a cresting, the frame cut to fit26 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (66. [...more]
Lot 4: A GEORGE III BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY OVAL TRAY
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURYWith slatted gallery, the ends with later foliage-scrolled carrying-handles, inscribed in ink on the underside '179B' and with Hugo Lang and Co. dealer's label on the underside35 1/4 in. (89.5 cm.) wide; 21 1/2 in. (54.5 cm. [...more]
Lot 5: A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III PAINTED PANELS OF 'THE PROMENADE IN ST. JAMES'S PARK'
LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PAPER LAID ON CANVASDepicting courtly dressed people in front of Buckingham House, within a simulated picture-frame and above a simulated panelled plinth inscribed 'The Promenade in St. James's Park', the reverse decorat [...more]
