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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV MAHOGANY SOFAS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV MAHOGANY SOFAS

CIRCA 1820-1830

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV MAHOGANY SOFAS
CIRCA 1820-1830
With scroll arms and leaf-clasp legs, both indistinctly inscribed in pencil on the seat rail 'LOUGH', with apparently original webbing
98 in. (241 cm.) wide (2)
Literature
Possibly 1851 Inventory, Large Drawing Room, '2 Sofas - £15.0.0'
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Lot Essay

The Grecian-scrolled Drawing Room sofas, conceived as Roman triclineum couches and raised on palm-flowered stump feet, relate to George Smith's 1805 designs for a 'Chaise Longue' and a 'French Bed …for an elegant apartment' (G. Smith, Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1808, (pls. 29 and 98).

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