Graham Geddes The Grand Tour
Revered connoisseur, collector and dealer, Graham Geddes has been trading in antiquities, antique furniture, fine and decorative art for over fifty years, gathering a loyal and high-profile clientele along the way. Passionate in his pursuit of beauty and knowledge, Graham is esteemed as one of the world-leading experts in the trade, maintaining his unparalleled reputation via a thorough research programme for the select pieces that he deals in. It is with great pleasure that Gibson’s announces The Graham Geddes Sale, an auction of elegance and eclecticism. The impressive sale will be held over the course of three days, Saturday 14 – Monday 16 October and will include examples of Graham’s trademark tastes in furniture, decorative arts, Greek and Roman antiquities, Chinese and Asian art and garden statuary.
Revered connoisseur, collector and dealer, Graham Geddes has been trading in antiquities, antique furniture, fine and decorative art for over fifty years, gathering a loyal and high-profile clientele along the way.
Passionate in his pursuit of beauty and knowledge, Graham is esteemed as one of the world-leading experts in the trade, maintaining his unparalleled reputation via a thorough research programme for the select pieces that he deals in.
It is with great pleasure that Gibson’s announces The Graham Geddes Sale, an auction of elegance and eclecticism. The impressive sale will be held over the course of three days, Saturday 14 – Monday 16 October and will include examples of Graham’s trademark tastes in furniture, decorative arts, Greek and Roman antiquities, Chinese and Asian art and garden statuary.
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546 (Detail)<br />
540<br />
A set of eight high back Louis<br />
XV style walnut dining chairs<br />
padded camel back chairs with<br />
stuffover square profile seats above<br />
cabriole legs with pointed feet,<br />
upholstered in a pale grey linen weave<br />
177cm high, 63cm wide (at feet),<br />
58cm deep<br />
$2,000–3,000<br />
541<br />
An oak stretcher-based<br />
refectory table<br />
the surface with a plank top<br />
enclosed by an ebonised border<br />
and a contrasting bold grain<br />
border, raised on square section<br />
baluster supports to wavy trestle<br />
ends and a beam like stretcher<br />
81cm high, 259cm wide, 110cm deep<br />
$3,000–5,000<br />
542<br />
A pair of barley twist<br />
stretcher-based oak stools<br />
with pale blue linen upholstery<br />
60cm high, 57cm wide, 46cm deep<br />
$800–1,200<br />
543<br />
A set of ten oak and<br />
leather upholstered chairs,<br />
19th/early 20th century<br />
square back chairs and seats above<br />
ball and square section legs united by<br />
straight and barley twist stretchers,<br />
upholstered in aged, distressed<br />
leather with stud trim<br />
90cm high, 44.5cm wide,<br />
42.5cm deep<br />
$3,000–4,000<br />
544<br />
A large silvered wall mirror<br />
in the Spanish manner<br />
extravagantly embellished with<br />
scrolls, fleur-de-lis motifs and<br />
bead and gadroon borders<br />
enclosing a bevelled glass<br />
207cm high, 165cm wide, 12cm deep<br />
$1,500–2,000<br />
545<br />
A large trunk with a vellum style<br />
covering<br />
with a large square lock<br />
and stitched edges<br />
53.5cm high, 180cm wide,<br />
45cm deep<br />
$600–800
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