Circa 1800
A superb set of four large scale English Chippendale dining chairs with finely carved crest rails and carved pierced splat back with upholstered saddle seats on squared molded legs with H-stretchers
popularized by William Kent whose work at Houghton Hall in Norfolk and Chiswick House in London for Robert Walpole helped to establish the Palladian style
which you will find in the known portfolio of this maker’s work
A rare walnut wingchair with original needlepoint having carved cabriole legs in the front terminating in ball and claw feet
Chinese Watercolor Harbor Scenes looking glass Circa 1800A pair of mid 19th century Chinese watercolors, on plinth paper, one labeled "Macao Harbour",depicting the Whampoa anchorage, the other depicting the entrance to the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta with ships from the U. S., Britain, the Netherlands and the Orient. Height: 5 3 4", Width: 9"; Height: 5", Width: 7 3 4"