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The Fine Art & Selected Antiques Sale
Chiswick, W4
Tuesday 28th February 2012 6pm
Featuring the Private Collection of an exceptional Mayfair Residence
Sale Preview
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Cover: 18th century style armchairs with turquoise silk upholstered on carved gilt enriched legs
(estimate £1200-1800), two pairs of impressive ivory silk curtains, wadded in the French man-
ner, each curtain 250cm wide with a 300cm drop (estimate £300-500)
Double page: Two pairs of dramatic ivory silk curtains, wadded in the French manner, trimmed
with gold and black cotton tassels. Each curtain 230cm wide x 300cm drop (estimate £400—
600).
Chiswick, W4
The Fine Art & Selected Antiques Sale
Featuring the Private Collection of an exceptional Mayfair Residence Tuesday 28th February 2012 6pm
Viewing Dates...
Saturday 25th February 10am-6pm
Sunday 26th February 1oam-6pm
Monday 27th February 10am-6pm
Tuesday 28th February 10am-6pm
This Fine Art & Selected Antiques Sale is important to us here at High Road Auctions, not only because it is our first specialist sale of 2012, but also because it marks our first birthday. High Road Auctions officially opened its doors a year ago this week and we have enjoyed many achievements over the past twelve months. We therefore begin this Fine Art & Selected Antiques Sale on a buoyant note. The sale features the private collection of an exceptional Mayfair residence with highlights including a magnificent over mantel looking glass designed by Robert Adam c.1774, one of the greatest names in furniture and design (est £3,000-5,000). The Fine Sale also features a varied selection of fine art featur-ing Jan van Doust, Robert Vernet-Bonfort, Daniel Kedar and Marcel Parturier and a range of ceramics, silver and furniture. This sale preview catalogue will give you a early look at some of the stand out items and a chance to learn more about key pieces. There is something to suit every pocket with prices from £30 upwards. We hope you enjoy the sale and thank you for your continued support for this past year. Kind regards, Andrew Polnik Auctioneer & Valuer
Introduction...
Lady Derby’s Looking Glass
An over mantel looking glass designed by Robert Adam c.1774
Of Adam Neo-classical style, c.1774
A polychrome three divisional rectangular over mantel mirror with cherubs, eagle and urn cresting - the mirror plates flanked by carytid style female figures joined by ribbon and rush swags,
194cm wide, 198 cm high
Estimate £3,000-5,000
Provenance:
Lady Derby’s Dressing Room, Derby House Grosvenor Square
Duke of Cleveland, Battle Abbey, East Sussex
A Mayfair residence
Literature:
James Lomax, Lady Derby’s Looking Glass, ‘Journal of the Furniture History Society’ (1985), p. 235
James Greig ed. The Diaries of a Duchess, 1926
‘The Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair’, The Survey of London, 1980
Yale Edition of Horace Walpole’s Correspondence, ed. W.S Lewis, 1965
“It was one of Adam’s most successfully
planned London houses” James Lomax on Derby House,
This exquisite mirror is a highlight of
the Fine Art & Selected Antiques Sale not
only because of its exceptional quality and
eminent history, but because of the
wonderful journey it has been on from its
original home to be offered for sale today.
It is remarkable to discover that in over two
hundred years, this neo-classical over
mantel mirror that began life in one part of
London’s Mayfair has been displayed in a
residence only a few streets away.
An original Adam piece, the mirror
was made from the design of the renowned
architect and furniture designer, to be hung
over the fire place in Lady Derby’s Dressing
Room in Derby House, Grosvenor Square.
Adam began work on the house in 1772 and
it became a distinctive reflection of his ele-
gant and classical style. His plans show
that Lady Derby’s separate apartment was
comprised of her Dressing Room, Bed-
room, Closet, three drawing rooms and an
ante-room. The Drawing Room can be
seen in Fig.2 which illustrates dramatic
arches and columns in the Etruscan style.
Fig. 1 Derby House, Drawing, 1774, ‘Chimney Piece for the Bow Dressing Room’. The design for the mirror can be seen on the right.
“this room was a particular source of pride
to the architect [Adam]” James Lomax on Lady Derby ‘s Apartment,
The looking glass highlights a variety
of distinctive features of Adam’s neo-
classical designs. The frame is supported
by two caryatid figures resting on tapered
columns. In the centre the glass is
surrounded by a border with alternate gilt
anthemion and calyx motifs, echoing the
Etruscan theme of Lady Derby’s apartment.
Two smaller panels flanking the main body
contain the original glass. The cresting
depicts an eagle on a central oval flanked by
two putti holding garlands which link ele-
gantly to the figures below.
The final arrangements of the mirror
are attributed to carver and gilder Sefferin
Nelson of Marshal Street, Golden Square.
Also a well-known figure in furniture, he
worked with Adam at Shelburne House,
Berkeley Square, and with Henry Holland
at Spencer House, St. James.
Fig. 2 Derby House, Inside View of the third Drawing Room… Engraving by Benedetto Pastorini after Robert Adam, 1773 . The mirror can be seen in the
room through the arches.
The mirror remained in Derby House
when the 14th Earl of Derby sold his
lease to the Dowager Duchess of
Cleveland in 1851, but was moved to
Battle Abbey, the residence of the 5th
Duke of Cleveland, the Duchess’s heir,
when Derby House was demolished
eleven years later. It was displayed in
the Drawing Room in Battle Abbey
where it remained until its sale by the
Battle Abbey Trustees in 1978. The cur-
rent owners have displayed the mirror
proudly at the centre of their Mayfair
apartment, mere streets away from
where its story began.
Fig. 3 Interior of a drawing room at Battle Abbey, East Sussex, photograph c.1910.
The mirror can be seen on the left under the arch.
This page: 18th century style armchairs with turquoise silk upholstered
on carved gilt enriched legs (estimate £1,200-1,800), two pairs of im-
pressive ivory silk curtains, wadded in the French manner, each curtain
250cm wide with a 300cm drop (estimate £300-500) and a glamorous
lead crystal six branch chandelier smothered with swags and pendants
(estimate £800 - 1,200).
Still lifes…...
Beautiful still
lifes to fill your
home with
colour...
The following pages illustrate a small selection of the fine art included in the Fine
Art & Selected Antiques Sale. We have a varied range of fine art from different
periods, artists & styles, so there will be something to interest everyone.
Jan Van Doust (Dutch, 19th Century) (2) A pair of flower still lifes. One signed indistinctly, both framed in gilt frames with the artist’s name. Oil on canvas. Each 59cm x 49cm Estimate £800-1,200
Betty Swanwick RA (British, 1915 – 1989) Still life of fruits and plants Oil on canvas, framed Estimate £100-200
Landscapes...
Marmaduke A. Langdale (British, 1840–1905) Extensive country landscape, 1899 Signed and dated 1899. Oil on canvas, framed. 45cm x 75cm Estimate £600-1,000
Carel Weight RA (British 1908—1997)
A London Park with figures
Oil on canvas in original frame
Estimate £600—1,000
Charles Lacoste (French, 1870-1959) Fishermen Signed bottom left Oil on panel, framed. 35cm x 45cm Estimate £800-1,200
Marcel Parturier (French 1901-1976). Benodet Signed bottom left. Oil on panel, framed 27cm x 34cm Estimate £500-800
In the circle of Claude Vernet (French 1714—1789)
Mediterranean Harbour Scene
Oil on canvas, framed
Estimate £4,000—5,000
Provenance:
Formerly in the Castle Bagot Collection
Charles Henderson Cooper (British 1803—1877)
The Night Mail
Monogrammed on the door of the coach
Oil on canvas, framed
Estimate £1,000—1,5000
Provenance:
Formerly in a private West Country collection
Picture perfect
portraits...
Circle of Jean-Marc Nattier (French, 1685-1766) Portrait of a nobleman in a red coat Oil on canvas, framed 78cm x 62cm Estimate £1,200-1,800
Continental, Late 19th / 20th century After Bronzino’s painting of Bia de Medici Oil on canvas laid down on board, framed Estimate £800—1,200
Heavy
metals...
Large Continental silver Chanukiah Menorah
candelabrum of customary form on panelled
stem and raised octagonal base with leaf and
scroll borders all on four scrolling supports
Estimate £1,000—1,500
A Continental silver fruit dish shaped oval with
pierced and scrolling side handles, the sides
profusely decorated with floral clusters and
leaves all on four pierced scrolling supports
Estimate £400—600
An impressive spot hammered Continental
silver fruit bowl with applied clusters of
fruits and berries with gilt wash interior on
circular spreading base
Estimate £1,000—1,500
A Continental silver fruit dish, shaped oval
the lobed sides chased with floral clusters and
with geroll border on four pierced shell and
scroll supports
Estimate £500—700
Left: An assortment of filled silver modelled fruit and
vegetables
Estimate £600—1,000
We are collecting many silver items for the sale.
Here is a small selection of what will be included.
The sale also includes over 400
lots of exceptional furniture,
ceramics, jewellery, clocks &
more fine art and silver.
We are still accepting items for
sale until Sunday 19th February,
so contact us for a free valuation
if you are interested in
consigning items.
We look forward to seeing you
for viewing & at the auction!
Chiswick, W4