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A selection of fine furniture, including Regency cabinets by sought-after makers, period oak and walnut furniture, and good furnishing pieces, will go under the hammer in North Yorkshire in November.
The Autumn Fine Sale at Tennant Auctioneers will include two top lots from the 18th century: a George II mahogany Gainsborough-type library armchair dating from the mid-18th century, estimated at £3,000-4,000; and a George III carved mahogany Chippendale-style foldover tea table made circa 1760, estimated at £4,000-6,000.
Leading the 19th-century furniture in the sale is a pair of Regency calamander and brass-strung side cabinets, made in the early 19th century after a design by George Smith, estimated at £5,000-7,000. A set of six Regency simulated rosewood and parcel-gilt armchairs, three of which are stamped ‘John Gee’ is on offer with an estimate of £2,000-3,000; a Regency rosewood, tulipwood-banded and gilt-metal-mounted chiffonier, stamped ‘William Wilkinson’, who operated from Ludgate Hill, London, is estimated at £1,500-2,500; and a further George IV partridge wood, rosewood-crossbanded, boxwood and ebony-strung cylinder bureau by William Wilkinson is estimated at £1,200-1,800.
Further notable lots in the sale include a good French ormolu-mounted and brass-inlaid mahogany envelope card table by Paul Sormani of Paris, made circa 1880, estimated at £1,500-2,000; and a fine Japanese black lacquer and gilt-decorated cabinet on stand dating from the early 20th century, estimated at £2,500-3,500.
A section of rugs includes an impressively sized fine Bidjar carpet, made in Iranian Kurdistan circa 1880; measuring 5.78m x 3.66m, the carpet will be offered with an estimate of £7,000-9,000.
A good mahogany eight-day regulator longcase clock with unusual detached type escapement leads the clock section of the sale. Made by Rainforth & Son, Bridgewater, circa 1850, it is offered with an estimate of £2,500-3,000. Other interesting longcase clocks in the sale include a mahogany eight-day striking longcase clock signed Emanuel Burton of Kendal and made circa 1780, estimated at £1,500-2,000.
A highlight of the Asian Art and Ceramics section of the sale is a Chinese carved pale celadon jade carving “Washing the Sacred Elephant”, which dates to the 18th or 19th century. Offered with an estimate of £4,000-6,000, it is thought the carving depicts the famous sage known as the Great Master Samantabhadra, who lived in the Ch’ien-Lung period of 1736-1795.
The Autumn Fine Sale will take place in the auction house’s Leyburn salerooms on November 16.
