CIRCA 1900

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A WILLIAM & MARY STYLE GILTWOOD SOFA
CIRCA 1900
The triple-arched back within foliate, cabochon and diaper-pattern frames and with turned finials and scrolled wings above scrolled arms and a squab cushion, upholstered in yellow cotton damask, the waved apron with foliate drops on square panelled and strapwork legs joined by similar stretchers and with turned feet
59 ¾ in. (152 cm.) high; 93 ½ in. (238 cm.) wide; 32 in. (82 cm.) deep

Literature

The related model: P Macquoid 'Furniture at Hornby Castle.', Country Life, 29 May 1920, p. 721, fig. 4.

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Lot Essay

This design of sofa is based on the suite of seat furniture formerly from the Leeds Ducal collection at Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, now at Temple Newsam, Yorkshire, illustrated R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, Revised Edition, Vol. III, Fig 9, p. 75.

Another suite of this design from Beningbrough Hall, Yorkshire was sold in these rooms The Property of the Ditchley Foundation, 20 March 1996, lot 106 and a single sofa at Christie's South Kensington, 17 September 2003, lot 123.

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