Lot 137
137
THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN NOBLE FAMILY
A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY WINDOW BENCH

CIRCA 1820

Details
A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY WINDOW BENCH
circa 1820
In the manner of George Bullock, the turned reeded ends with stylized tulip supports, the tufted green leather drop-in seat over a reeded frame, on roundel-headed ring-turned tapering legs with gadrooned collars and cuffs, on top-form feet, loss to molded edge of seatrail
48in. (122cm.) long

Lot Essay

The design for this window bench is probably based on Richard Brown's The Rudiments of Drawing Cabinet Furniture (c.1819) which is thought to be largely devoted to furniture by the cabinetmaker George Bullock (C.Wainwright, 'George Bullock and his Circle', George Bullock: Cabinet-Maker, exhibition catalogue, 1988, pp.13-39). The distinctive tulip-form end supports and ringed and reeded arms appear on other furniture attributed to Bullock including a pair of similar window seats supplied by Bullock to Matthew Robinson Boulton for Great Tew Park in 1817 and sold in Christie's house sale, 27-29 May 1987, lot 31.