细节
A PAIR OF LATE VICTORIAN CHESTERFIELD SOFAS
Each covered in deep-buttoned foliate material on a yellow ground, with rounded rectangular back and outscrolled arms, on turned walnut feet, with brass castors stamped 'COPE'S PATENT', one sofa stamped '8206', the other stamped '7799'
one 82 in. (208.5 cm.) wide; the other 88 in. (223.5 cm.) wide (2)
Each covered in deep-buttoned foliate material on a yellow ground, with rounded rectangular back and outscrolled arms, on turned walnut feet, with brass castors stamped 'COPE'S PATENT', one sofa stamped '8206', the other stamped '7799'
one 82 in. (208.5 cm.) wide; the other 88 in. (223.5 cm.) wide (2)
来源
Supplied to Edward Cecil Guiness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (d. 1927) for Elveden Hall, Thetford, Norfolk.
Thence by descent at Elveden to the 3rd Earl of Iveagh, Christie's house sale, 23 and 24 May 1984, probably lots 858 and 1376.
Thence by descent at Elveden to the 3rd Earl of Iveagh, Christie's house sale, 23 and 24 May 1984, probably lots 858 and 1376.
拍场告示
The sofas are not a pair. One of the sofas has six feet, the other has four feet. As stated in the catalogue, the widths are different (approx. 6 in. (15 cm.) difference).