Rare pair of William III Lion Dummy Boards
An impressive and rare pair of William and Mary period dummy-boards in the form of seated lions painted in shades of brown on a gilded ground
Height 72 cm (28 inches)
Width 40 cm (16 inches)
Depth 20 cm (8 inches)
English. late 17th / early 18th century
Provenance;
Sold by Christopher Gibbs circa 1970s
An identical pair of dummy boards, certainly from the same workshop and also supplied by Gibbs, were sold from the collection of Simon Sainsbury at Christies, London, The Creation of an English Arcadia, 18th June 2008 lot 230, here illustrated. Christopher Gibbs seemingly purchases the dummy boards again in the Christies sale as they now flank the fireplace of his Tangier home which he shared with his partner Peter Hinwood, until Christopher’s death in 2018. Shown illustrated here.