AN EARLY VICTORIAN OAK HALL BENCH

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN OAK HALL BENCH
The rectangular moulded seat with pierced Gothic sides, each with blind arcaded octagonal column supports above a blind Gothic tracery seat-rail, the legs joined by a curved X-shaped stretcher, with sunk brass castors, the underside of the seat re-supported, inscribed in paint to the underside with a stencil '2088/2'
87 in. (221 cm.) wide; 30¼ in. (77 cm.) high; 21¼ in. (54 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This stool is designed with fretted quatrefoils and cusped arches in the Gothic manner popularised by publications such as Richard Bridgen's Furniture with Candelabra and Interior Decoration of 1825.
A related banquette, in the Gothic style, was sold by The Lord Barnard, T.D., Raby Castle, Co. Durham, Christie's house sale, 10-11 October 1994, lot 181.

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