A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD ADJUSTABLE PIANO STOOL

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A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD ADJUSTABLE PIANO STOOL

The rounded square padded seat covered in striped celadon, ivory and siena silk, the plain moulded cornice above a ring-turned gun-barrel shaft and on downswept tripod base, with scrolled foliate-cast claw caps, inscribed Ramsey 35 Hertford St
The seat: 14in. (35.5cm.) wide
The stool: 19½in. (49.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

This type of screw-fitted music stool is discussed in The Prices of Cabinet Work, 1797. Its brass palmette-enriched paws also featured on a similar piano-stool from the de Trafford Collection, sold in these Rooms, 3 March 1994, lot 104)

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