Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks

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The January auction features over 600 lots of English and Continental furniture, sculpture, carpets, lighting, treen, tea caddies and collectable items. The sale begins with a good selection of Oak, Country and Folk Art, the highlight is lot 31 a rare George II Channel Islands painted pine chest on stand. 18^th century English furniture is well represented with two collections from the estates of the late Peter Meyer and Dr. Gordon Pack. The Meyer collection includes lot 118 a George II mahogany metamorphic library stool, a similar example was in the Rockefeller Collection sold by Christie’s in 2018. The highlight of the Pack collection is lot 119, a George II mahogany library armchair in the manner of Paul Saunders. The sale also features a fine George III satinwood cellaret in the manner of Mayhew & Ince, three Italian velvet curtains formerly in the Rothschild collection at Mentmore Towers, a pair of Baroque giltwood mirrors in the manner of Friedrich Unteutsch, an Italian desk inlaid with ivory attributed to Pietro Piffetti, a rare occasional table made of parrot coal and a fine Tabriz pictorial carpet.