Lot Essay
The cane-seated Grecian dressing-stool with crossed and reed-enriched trusses terminating in embossed volutes, derives from a pattern such as Thomas Hope illustrated in his Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807, pl. 12, fig. 3. It relates to a 'Grecian' stool provided in 1812 to Wilbraham Egerton for Tatton Park, Cheshire (N. Goodison and J. Hardy 'Gillows at Tatton Park', Furniture History, 1970, p. 22). Its pattern features in Gillows' Estimate Sketch Books (no. 3568) for January 1827 and cost £1.15.0.
A very similar stool was sold by Mrs. R.D. Shafto in these Rooms, 21 September 1995, lot 150.
A very similar stool was sold by Mrs. R.D. Shafto in these Rooms, 21 September 1995, lot 150.