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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628<br />
A series of six hand stitched and<br />
painted Pompeiian grotesque<br />
decoupage panels, possibly<br />
Italian, 18th/19th century<br />
delicate decoration in colours wire<br />
stitched on dark toned canvas, the<br />
panels individually hung, but probably<br />
originally a screen<br />
each panel 236 x 60cm<br />
$6,000–8,000<br />
629<br />
An Italian walnut credenza,<br />
late 18th century<br />
the extended surface above tongue<br />
moulding, a single frieze drawer<br />
with a fielded panel and flanked by<br />
conforming panels, a single cupboard<br />
below and raised on a plinth base and<br />
shallow bracket feet<br />
78cm high, 68cm wide, 33cm deep<br />
$700–1,000<br />
630<br />
A Spanish walnut Arts & Crafts<br />
style chair, late 19th century<br />
with squared arms raised on<br />
chamfered supports to a shaped<br />
seating rail and legs with an ‘H’ form<br />
stretcher, with bold wood button<br />
details to the frame, upholstered in<br />
distressed olive green velvet with<br />
white metal studs<br />
$150–180<br />
631<br />
Three painted architectural wall<br />
panels, early 19th century<br />
the central panel depicting a frieze<br />
of Classical figures engaged in<br />
narratives and enclosed by a Regency<br />
style palmette border, the side panels<br />
with figural vignettes enclosed by<br />
arching borders of flower garlands<br />
the central panel 123cm high,<br />
306cm wide<br />
$3,000–4,000<br />
632<br />
An oak joint stool<br />
with turned legs and a box stretcher<br />
53cm high, 46cm wide, 26.5cm deep<br />
$500–800<br />
633<br />
A large trestle based<br />
oak dining table<br />
the framed table with a feather<br />
banded surface and ebonised<br />
painted border raised on square<br />
section baluster supports<br />
with a broad stretcher<br />
79cm high, 300cm wide, 120cm deep<br />
$4,000–5,000<br />
634<br />
A repoussé decorated brass<br />
cushion front mirror<br />
with a lavishly embossed<br />
crest, and decorative borders<br />
and corner elements<br />
70cm high, 45cm wide<br />
$800–1,000
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