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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A George III Chinoiserie long<br />
case clock, circa 1760s<br />
with a pagoda top above an arching<br />
face with gilded Roman chapter<br />
ring and ornate spandrels, the trunk<br />
embellished with gilded birds and<br />
foliage, with weights and pendulum<br />
240cm high, 53cm wide, 26cm deep<br />
$3,000–5,000<br />
677<br />
A large Louis XV gilt bronze<br />
folk art mantel clock, Paris,<br />
circa 1750<br />
with a pagoda top surmounted by a<br />
crowing bird finial, the pressed dial<br />
with enamel Arabic cartouches with<br />
minute markings and pierced hands,<br />
with gilt bronze rocaille mounts<br />
throughout and cabriole feet, the<br />
body painted with foliage and roses,<br />
with key, pendulum, silk suspension,<br />
quarter striking on three bells,<br />
mechanism apparently marked ‘Culy’<br />
90cm high, 43cm wide, 21cm deep<br />
$1,500–2,000<br />
678<br />
Two small globes, one<br />
by Phillips & Sons,<br />
early to mid 20th century<br />
the mid century Phillips & Sons model<br />
with paper gores and brass supports<br />
to a turned and ebonised stand, the<br />
other supported on a brass tripod<br />
base frame with compass feature<br />
50cm high<br />
$1,000–1,400<br />
680<br />
A Louis XV walnut frame<br />
wingback bergere, 18th century<br />
with an exposed frame relief<br />
carved with shell and floral motifs<br />
to the skirt and cabriole legs,<br />
upholstered in an Art Nouveau<br />
oriental poppy print linen<br />
108cm high, 80cm wide, 67cm deep<br />
PROVENANCE<br />
<strong>The</strong> Guinevere Collection, London<br />
$8,000–10,000<br />
681<br />
An antique Italian trompe l’oeil<br />
painted cabinet<br />
with a faux marble surface<br />
with canted corners above<br />
three drawers and cupboards<br />
painted with architectural motifs<br />
replicating relief carving and<br />
raised on a plinth base with angled<br />
square section feet, with keys<br />
95.5cm high, 196cm wide,<br />
60cm deep<br />
$3,000–4,000<br />
682<br />
A large rustic oak<br />
stretcher-base refectory table<br />
the plank top with butted short<br />
ends and pegged feature above<br />
substantial and ornately shaped<br />
supports and trestle ends united<br />
by a beam like stretcher<br />
78cm high, 309cm wide, 100cm deep<br />
$3,000–5,000<br />
679<br />
An oak bookcase<br />
in the antique manner<br />
with an arching moulded pediment<br />
above twin doors with metal trellis<br />
panels, the lower cupboards with<br />
fielded panels and a plinth base<br />
255cm high, 150cm wide, 61cm deep<br />
$2,000–2,500<br />
676
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