LOT DETAILS

Materials:

ivory, hardstone

Measurements:

112.20 in. (285.00 cm.) (height) by 82.68 in. (210.00 cm.) (width) by 25.79 in. (65.50 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

stamped Jackson & Graham to carcase in several places, the locks stamped by Chubb & Co., Makers to Her Majesty, No.596210, verso with fragment of lot entry from 1885 sale catalogue, with a yellow gold crown over a pale blue enamelled 'K' monogram on a lapis ground,

Exhibited:

The Paris Universal Exhibition, 1867;. The International Exhibition, London, 1871;. Vienna Universal Exhibition, 1873 (Ehren. Diplom

Literature:

'The Paris Universal Exhibition, 1867', Art Journal, 1867, p. 7;. 'The International Exhibition, 1871', Art Journal, 1871, p. 81;. Yapp., G. W.,. Art Industry - Furniture, Upholstery and House-Decoration , 1879, pls. XC and CXXXII;. Symonds, R. W. and Whineray, B. B.,. Victorian Furniture , Great Britain, 1962, p. 118, fig. 43;. Aslin, E.,. 19th Century English Furniture , London, 1962, p. 41;. Meyer, J.,. Great Exhibitions, London - New York - Paris - Philadelphia , 1851-1900, Woodbridge, 2006, p. 181, fig. E25

Provenance:

Christie's London, 14 December 1885, lot 586 (500 gns. to J.L.);. The collection of Siegfried Sassoon Esq.;. Christie's London, 15 October 1981, lot 182