Lot Essay
A similar mahogany sofa with gemetrically inlaid decoration on a panelled seatrail and rounded armsupports from Holstein, dated 1820, is illustrated in G. Himmelheber, Biedermeier Furniture, 1974, fig. 67.
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SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Details
A DANISH NEOCLASSIC MAPLE-INLAID MAHOGANY SETTEE
Second Quarter 19th Century
The rectangular padded back and drop-in seat covered in apricot velvet flanked by outset rounded rectangular sides inlaid with perfume burners, above a solid panelled seatrail on a conforming plinth
71½in. (182cm.) long
Second Quarter 19th Century
The rectangular padded back and drop-in seat covered in apricot velvet flanked by outset rounded rectangular sides inlaid with perfume burners, above a solid panelled seatrail on a conforming plinth
71½in. (182cm.) long
Provenance
Anonymous Sale, Christie's New York, March 27, 1997, lot 177