Lot 54
54
The Property of the late Dowager Countess Howe Sold by Order of the Executors
AN EARLY VICTORIAN GILTWOOD SETTEE, the rectangular padded back, arms and serpentine seat covered in crimson floral damask, the waved top-rail elaborately carved with trailing foliage and centred by a floral rosette within a stylised C-scroll cartouche, the arms in the form of profusely scrolling acanthus above a waved shaped foliate-carved frieze, on short cabriole legs and scrolled feet, with handwritten label Lowther, front left leg resupported

Details
AN EARLY VICTORIAN GILTWOOD SETTEE, the rectangular padded back, arms and serpentine seat covered in crimson floral damask, the waved top-rail elaborately carved with trailing foliage and centred by a floral rosette within a stylised C-scroll cartouche, the arms in the form of profusely scrolling acanthus above a waved shaped foliate-carved frieze, on short cabriole legs and scrolled feet, with handwritten label Lowther, front left leg resupported
75in. (190.5cm.) wide
Provenance
Possibly the Earls of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, Cumbria, where extensive decorations were carried out during the 1830's and 1840's

Lot Essay

Its serpentined form with bold acanthus-scrolls luxuriantly festooned with flowers in the Louis XV manner, reflects the fashionable French style introduced in drawing rooms during the reigns of King George IV (d. 1830) and King William IV (d. 1837)

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