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- George Smith, A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1808
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The tocheres in situ in the dining room at Abbotswood Park, Gloucestershire. Courtesy of Knight Frank Ltd
A PAIR OF REGENCY PARCEL GILT TORCHÈRES , English, circa 1815
Height: 5 ft 5 in; 165 cm
Diameter of base: 1 ft 10 in; 56 cm
Diameter of platform: 9¼ in; 23.5 cm4445441Further images
Designs for similar torchères were published in December 1804 by John Taylor, a printer and seller of designs, and later in George Smith’s own book, A Collection of Designs for...Designs for similar torchères were published in December 1804 by John Taylor, a printer and seller of designs, and later in George Smith’s own book, A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration.
Note: The torchères retain the original gilding and most of the dark green paint surface with some refreshments.
Provenance
H. Blairman & Sons Ltd., London, England;
Mallett & Son Ltd., London, England;
Robin Scully, Abbotswood, Gloucestershire, England;
Mallett & Son Ltd., London, England;
Private collection, England.Literature
George Smith, A Collection of Designs for Household Furnitire and Interior Decoration, 1808, ‘Drawing Room Candelabri’, A.
Illustrated:
The Connoisseur Yearbook, 1953, p. xxxvii; advertisement with H. Blairman & Sons Ltd.
Knight Frank, ‘The Abbotswood Estate’, sale catalogue, 2014; illustrated in the dining room (no page ref.).
Mallett & Son Ltd., catalogue, 2015, pp. 27-9.
Ronald Phillips, Fine Antique English Furniture, London 2019, pp. 258-261.1of 132
