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Lot Essay
This form of scroll-arm sofa relates to a Grecian Sofa pattern in Thomas Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803, pl. 73.
The same pattern of elongated scrolled flute appears on a suite of George IV painted seat-furniture, originally from Brodsworth Hall, Yorkshire, and almost certainly supplied by George Seddon. The suite was sold by Lord Brabourne, in these Rooms, 4 July 1991, lots 50-61. A pair of long banquettes of a related frame pattern were supplied by Thomas Chippendale Junior to Stourhead in 1804.
A similar sofa, with reeded legs and foliate patera panels was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 13 November 1997, lot 163.
The same pattern of elongated scrolled flute appears on a suite of George IV painted seat-furniture, originally from Brodsworth Hall, Yorkshire, and almost certainly supplied by George Seddon. The suite was sold by Lord Brabourne, in these Rooms, 4 July 1991, lots 50-61. A pair of long banquettes of a related frame pattern were supplied by Thomas Chippendale Junior to Stourhead in 1804.
A similar sofa, with reeded legs and foliate patera panels was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 13 November 1997, lot 163.