Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

The Remarkable Journey of the Stansted Park Suite to be Offered at Christie’s in New York

November 3, 2010 by All Art News  
Filed under Artifacts & Decorative Arts

NEW YORK, NY.- On November 23, Christie’s 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, including Oriental Carpets will include pieces from the historic Stansted Park suite of giltwood seat furniture, comprising three pairs of armchairs and a settee (estimate: $70,000-110,000 per pair of chairs and $50,000-80,000 for the settee). This sale marks the third time that Christie’s will have offered the suite in the past 100 years since it left Stansted.  This elegant suite was almost certainly commissioned by the 2nd Earl of Halifax (the [...]