Butchoff Antiques

By BIBO |

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

In carved Giltwood, the oval yet asymmetrical frames of ornate rococo form with foliates, ‘C’ scrolls, flanked by Ho Ho birds, with, atop, in a pavilion, a Chinese courtier at her toilet: Surmounted by fronds, with pendant bells. The design is drawn from Plate CLXX1V in Thomas Chippendale’s ‘The Gentleman and Cabinet- Maker’s Director of 1754