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A GEORGE II YEWWOOD SOFA
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A GEORGE II YEWWOOD SOFA

MID-18TH CENTURY, AND RE-RAILED

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A GEORGE II YEWWOOD SOFA
Mid-18th century, and re-railed
The rectangular back and seat upholstered in later petit-point needlework depicting an urn issuing flowers with birds and a squirrel, the downswept arms above truss-scrolled columnar legs embellished with acanthus-festooned 'venus' shells and terminating in ring-bound 'Jupiter' eagle claws
73½ in. (187 cm.) wide
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

The sofa, with its truss-scrolled columnar legs embellished with acanthus-festooned 'Venus' shells and terminating in ring-bound 'Jupiter' eagle claws, relates to a celebrated suite executed in 1735 by William Hallett for the London mansion of Arthur, 6th Viscount Irwin (d.1736) and sold in 1922 from Temple Newsam, Yorkshire. (see C. Gilbert, Newly discovered Furniture by William Hallett, Connoisseur, December 1964.)

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