A PAIR OF REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED, EBONIZED AND PARCEL-GILT WINDOW SEATS

CIRCA 1810

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A PAIR OF REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED, EBONIZED AND PARCEL-GILT WINDOW SEATS
Circa 1810
Each rectangular caned seat centered to the side by a foliate paterae, with a white and gold leaf patterned black leather cushion, the incurved sides, on an X-form base joined by a turned stretcher, on ball feet, with a white chalk inscription BA, two spliced legs to one, one tipped foot to the other
23¾in. (60cm.) high, 34in. (86.5cm.) wide, 16½in. (42cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

A similar window seat designed by Messrs. Morgan and Saunders of Catherine Street, Strand is illustrated in Rudolph Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1809 (reproduced in P.Agius, Ackermann's Regency Furniture and Interiors, Wiltshire, 1984, p.39, pl.1).

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