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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638<br />
An impressive coloured Murano<br />
chandelier, circa 1950s<br />
the tiered chandelier profusely<br />
decorated in clear, blue and pink<br />
colours issuing delicate flower<br />
stems and leaves, and embellished<br />
with floral drops and vertical tiers<br />
of frilled trumpets, the serpentine<br />
arms supporting broad dishes with<br />
pincered edging, electrified<br />
120cm high, 105cm diameter<br />
$8,000–12,000<br />
639<br />
An en-grisaille painted<br />
architectural triptych<br />
the panels depicting the courtyard<br />
of an Italian Renaissance<br />
building, with grand tour visitors<br />
admiring the statuary<br />
230cm high, 113cm wide (each panel)<br />
$3,000–4,000<br />
640<br />
PAOLO UCCELLO, AFTER<br />
Niccolò Mauruzi da Tolentino at<br />
the Battle of San Romano<br />
oil on canvas, unframed<br />
200cm high, 300cm wide,<br />
$3,000–5,000<br />
641<br />
ARTIST UNKNOWN<br />
Dahlias<br />
oil on board<br />
59cm high, 44cm wide,<br />
the frame 87cm high, 71cm wide<br />
$200–400<br />
642<br />
A pair of glass and bronze<br />
lamps<br />
with hybrid Corinthian and Ionic<br />
capitals above glass standards<br />
to tiered bases, with light<br />
grey shantung silk shades<br />
75cm high, the bases 15 x 15cm<br />
$800–1,000<br />
643<br />
A pair of bronze mounted glass<br />
lamps with different hand<br />
painted drum shades<br />
with bronze Corinthian capitals above<br />
glass standards to tiered square<br />
bases, with linen shades<br />
81cm high<br />
$400–600<br />
644<br />
A gilt bronze mounted glass<br />
table lamp<br />
with a Corinthian capital, the<br />
standard raised on a stepped base<br />
80cm to the top of the red shade<br />
$400–600<br />
645<br />
A bronze and crystal chandelier<br />
with shaped and faceted drops and<br />
snowflake motifs, the serpentine<br />
arms supporting lobed dishes and<br />
electric candles<br />
90cm drop, 50cm at widest point<br />
$800–1,000<br />
646<br />
A pair of gilt metal glass lamps<br />
with Corinthian capitals, the glass<br />
standards to stepped bases, with<br />
charcoal shades<br />
each base 45cm high<br />
$800–1,000<br />
647<br />
A large glass and bronze<br />
chandelier<br />
with a knopped standard and tear<br />
drop and globular glass drops, the<br />
serpentine arms supporting dishes<br />
and electric candles<br />
122cm drop, 38cm at widest point<br />
$1,000–1,500<br />
648<br />
A pair of brass chandeliers<br />
in the Dutch manner<br />
with knopped standards and a large<br />
globe, and issuing serpentine arms<br />
supporting dishes and sconces<br />
60cm drop<br />
$1,400–1,800<br />
649<br />
A brass Dutch style twelve<br />
branch chandelier<br />
with a knopped standard and a large<br />
globe with a dropped finial, and<br />
issuing serpentine arms supporting<br />
dishes and sconces<br />
90cm drop<br />
$1,000–1,200<br />
650<br />
A large plaster model of<br />
Chairman Mao<br />
170cm high, 135cm wide, 60cm deep<br />
$1,000–2,000
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