Lot 217
SET OF SIX REGENCY EBONISED AND PARCEL GILT ARMCHAIRS BY JOHN GEE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 20 November 2019 from 10:00 GMT
Description
the scroll caned panel backs above caned seats with loose pads flanked by scrolled arms with baluster supports, raised on tapered ring turned legs, stamped on the seat rail GEE
Dimensions
56cm wide, 84cm high, 44cm deep
Footnote
Provenance: Ex. Tickerage Mill, the home of Vivien Leigh following her divorce from Sir Lawrence Olivier. Purchased Bonham's, Period Design, London, 21st April 2015, lot 287.
Note: John Gee (active c.1779-1824) is listed as a chairmaker and turner. In about 1779 he replaced Thomas Ayliffe as partner to Benjamin Crompton, who had been Turner in Ordinary to George III since 1762. Gee is also included in the list of master cabinet makers attached to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803, with the last directory listing for him in 1823–24. An example of Gee's work is included in the Royal Collection.