The settee with Grecian-scrolled arms wrapped by palm-flowered acanthus relates to patterns in the George IV antique or Grecian manner illustrated in P. and M.A. Nicholson's, The Practical Cabinet-Maker, Upholsterer, and Complete Decorator, 1826. The closest parallel is a settee engraved in T. King's The Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified, 1829 (E.T. Joy, Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, 1977, pp.292 and 293.
An almost identical giltwood sofa was sold from The Donald M. Munson Collection, in these Rooms, 4 May 1995, lot 328.