Collections 2023-03-21 Auction - 400 Price Results - Bonhams in Knightsbridge - Page 2
Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (Sudbury 1727-1788 London) Portrait of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shel...A large leaf tapestry fragment Circa 1550, Southern NetherlandsA mythological Soho tapestry Last quarter 17th century, England, after designs by Francis Cleyn ...
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London, Knightsbridge, United Kingdom
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Collections Including The Peta Smyth Collection of Antique Textiles & Tapestries, Selected Items From The Collection of Lord & Lady Flight, and The Contents of Chequers' Attics Peta Smyth. Lord and Lady Flight. The Chequers Estate. The first London Collections sale of the year brings together, across 400 lots, three distinct collections with individual character and history. After forty-five years of dealing from her Moreton Street shop, Peta Smyth's collection of antique textiles and tapestries will begin the sale. From 16th century tapestry fragments and 18th century Aubusson tapestries to panels of brocade and reams of colourful green and yellow damask silks, each lot had carefully been curated and collected by Peta for its quality and workmanship. The important historical portraits, decorative arts, and porcelain from the collection of Lord and Lady Flight takes up the mantel for the second part of the sale. Lord Flight is a direct descendant of Thomas Flight (1726-1800) who purchased the Worcester Porcelain Company in 1783 for his sons. Proud of this connection, he has been collecting Worcester porcelain ever since; a selection of which is included in the sale. In addition to the porcelain, Lord Flight's political interests and career as an MP are reflected in the Old Master portraits that serve as a timeline of British prime ministers of the 17th and 18th centuries: the Gainsborough portrait of William Petty hung in the Houses of Parliament prior to auction. Continuing the political theme, Bonhams is delighted to close the sale with the selected contents of the attics at Chequers, the official country residence of the prime ministers of Great Britain. Gifted by the Viscount Lee of Fareham to British prime ministers in perpetuity, the attics, as with many other country houses, have become filled with dinner services and pieces of silver which are no longer of use. The funds raised from the sale will be ploughed back into the repair and maintenance of the house and its collections. Specialist contacts Anna Burnside Head of Sale Tel: +44 20 7468 8246 Anna.Burnside@bonhams.com Ghislaine Howard Sale Coordinator Tel: +44 20 7393 3825 Ghislaine.Howard@bonhams.com Kafayat Zaria-Suleiman Sale Coordinator Tel: +44 20 3988 6400 Kafayat.Zaria-Suleiman@bonhams.com Charlie Thomas Group Head, Private Collections, Furniture & Works of Art, U.K Tel: +44 20 7468 8358 Charlie.Thomas@bonhams.com Helena Gumley Specialist Tel: +44 20 7393 3892 Helena.Gumley@bonhams.com Madeleine Cater Cataloguer Tel: +44 20 7468 5895 Madeleine.Cater@bonhams.com Client Services (UK) Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 info@bonhams.com Bids (UK) Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 bids@bonhams.com
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A yellow damask curtain 19th century, Italian: A yellow damask curtain19th century, ItalianDesigned with exotic flowers and fruit having yellow braid border, silk lined, and the matching pelmet, linen lined, the curtain: 214cm high x 212cm wide,
0025: A yellow damask curtain 19th century, ItalianEst. £700-£1,000
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A length of green damask silk 20th century, French: A length of green damask silk20th century, FrenchDesigned with flower displays in a 17th century pattern, 138.4cm x 61.5cm (loom width)Footnotes:Provenance: Tassinari & Chatel of Paris and Lyon.
0031: A length of green damask silk 20th century, FrenchEst. £1,000-£1,500
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A length of green damask silk 20th century, French: A length of green damask silk20th century, FrenchDesigned with an ogival pattern enclosing a flower spray, the surround with fruit and leaves, 444cm x 56cm
0035: A length of green damask silk 20th century, FrenchEst. £250-£300
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A Coptic tapestry textile 3rd - 4th Century: A Coptic tapestry textile3rd - 4th Century Designed as a roundel with central figure worked in brown and cream wool; three other pieces; four Peruvian woven fragments, 10th - 15th century; and a
0038: A Coptic tapestry textile 3rd - 4th CenturyEst. £200-£300
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A needlework picture 18th century, French: A needlework picture18th century, FrenchDesigned with figures seated at a circular gaming table, beneath a tasselled canopy, the surround with sprays of flowers, worked in tent stitch with coloured
0039: A needlework picture 18th century, FrenchEst. £1,500-£2,000
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A needlework picture Mid 18th century, French: A needlework pictureMid 18th century, French The shaped centre panel designed with a young lady holding a chain of flowers, the surround with upright and curling flowering stems, each upper corner
0040: A needlework picture Mid 18th century, FrenchEst. £800-£1,200
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A needlework picture Mid-18th century, French: A needlework pictureMid-18th century, FrenchThe linen ground designed with a lattice vase of roses, carnations and tulips, raised on a marble-style stand, the surround unfinished, framed and glazed,
0042: A needlework picture Mid-18th century, FrenchEst. £300-£400
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A set of four needlework panels Mid-18th century, French: A set of four needlework panelsMid-18th century, FrenchEach designed with a profusion of flowers, fruit and leaves, the border with a blossom and leaf pattern, worked in tent stitch with coloured
0044: A set of four needlework panels Mid-18th century, FrenchEst. £3,000-£4,000
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A needlework panel Mid-18th century, French: A needlework panelMid-18th century, FrenchDesigned with the muse Polymnia having a lute to her side, accompanied by an amaretto playing a pipe, worked in tent and cross with coloured wools, backed,
0045: A needlework panel Mid-18th century, FrenchEst. £600-£800