popularized by William Kent whose work at Houghton Hall in Norfolk and Chiswick House in London for Robert Walpole helped to establish the Palladian style
A fine George I games table veneered in cocus wood in a chevron pattern on the top and vertically on the frieze
The 60th birthday is apocryphal but became a popular subject in Chinese painting and many allusions can be found to it in Chinese painting through the years
A rare walnut wingchair with original needlepoint having carved cabriole legs in the front terminating in ball and claw feet
December 6th 1821”
Chinese Watercolor Harbor Scenes looking glass popularized by William Kent whoseA pair of mid 19th century Chinese watercolors, on plinth paper, one labeled "Macao Harbour",depicting the Whampoa anchorage, the other depicting the entrance to the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta with ships from the U. S., Britain, the Netherlands and the Orient. Height: 5 3 4", Width: 9"; Height: 5", Width: 7 3 4"