This elegant pair of George III gilt console tables after a design by Thomas Chippendale, re-united by Jasper Conran, will be among the furniture highlights at Christie’s sales of his collection in September. They are estimated at £200,000-300,000. Conran acquired one from eminent Dorset based antique dealer and interior consultant Edward Hurst in April 2009. By a stroke of sheer serendipity just three months later the second table appeared at an auction, and Jasper was the winning bidder.
An online auction with 223 lots gets underway on September 1 and will run to September 21. There is to be a live auction at Christie’s in London with 213 lots on September 14.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for August 18, 2021)