EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY HALL BENCH
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with horizontal reeded frieze to one side, on reeded rectangular tapered legs headed with roundels, one back leg spliced
19 in. (48 cm.) high; 48 in. (122 cm.) wide; 14 in. (36 cm.) deep;

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Lot Essay

This hall seat pattern evolved from a Roman seat pattern, with fluted legs, issued in Charles Heathcote Tatham's Etchings of Ancient Ornamental Architecture, 1799 (pl. 46).
A similar seat, with reeded ornament, was sold anonymously, Phillips, London, 24 November 1992, lot 189 and another anonymously, Christie's, London, 9 June 2005, lot 238.

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