CIRCA 1825

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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY SOFA
Circa 1825
In the Gothic style, the caned rectangular back and seat with separate cushions covered in floral needlework, the toprail panelled with quatrefoils and rectangles, with pierced arched sides, and panelled sabre legs, restorations to tops of legs, formerly with stretchers
82½in. (210cm.) wide

Provenance

The Property of a Nobleman, sold Christie's London, 2 February 1995, lot 80 (£3,400).

Lot Essay

Rudolph Ackermann illustrated a related Gothic sofa 'from the Fulham residence of Mr. Walsh-Porter', one of the Prince of Wales's artistic advisers, in the Repository of Arts in 1810. The Gothic antique manner had been introduced by architects such as the Wyatts and was popularised by the 1808 publication of a Collection of Designs for Household Furniture by George Smith, himself 'upholder' to the Prince of Wales

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