A PAIR OF GEORGE II CHAIRS ATTRIBUTED TO PETER ALEXANDER, The chairs: English, circa 1735
The needlework: English, circa 1735
Height of seat: 17 in: 43 cm
Width: 24 in; 61 cm
Depth: 25¾ in; 65.5 cm
Further images
Provenance
Catherine Gordon of Gight;
Mallett & Son Ltd., London, England;
Simon Redburn Fine Arts Ltd., London, England, 1972;
Gerald Hochschild, 96 Cheyne Walk, London, England, until 1978;
Private collection, England.
Exhibitions
Northern Antique Dealers Fair, Harrogate, 1972, with Simon Redburn Fine Arts Ltd.
International Art Treasures Exhibition, Bath, 1973, with Simon Redburn Fine Arts Ltd.
Literature
Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1927, vol. 1, p. 227, fig. 70; a chair from the set formerly in the Sir George Donaldson Collection.
R. W. Symonds, ‘The British Antique Dealers’ Association Exhibition’, Old Furniture 'A Magazine for Domestic Ornament', vol. 4, May-August 1928, p. 28, fig. 2; a chair from the same set, formerly in the collection of Percival D. Griffiths.
Herbert Cescinsky, English Furniture from Gothic to Sheraton, 1929, p. 280; a chair from the set.
Bernard Hughes, ‘Chairs for Georgian Exquisites’, Country Life, 7 July 1966, pp. 47-8.
Illustrated:
Northern Antique Dealers Fair handbook, 1972, p. 62; with Simon Redburn Fine Arts Ltd.
International Art Treasures Exhibition handbook, Bath, 1973, pl. 7; with Simon Redburn Fine Arts Ltd.
Sotheby’s, ‘The Hochschild Collection of Highly Important English Furniture’, 1 December 1978, lot 24.
Ronald Phillips - Fine Antique English Furniture 2017, pp. 16/17.
