Lot 80
80
THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY SOFA in the Gothic style, the padded rectangular back and squab cushion covered in tartan, the toprail panelled with quatrefoils and rectangles, with pierced arched sides, caned seat and panelled sabre legs, restorations to tops of legs

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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY SOFA in the Gothic style, the padded rectangular back and squab cushion covered in tartan, the toprail panelled with quatrefoils and rectangles, with pierced arched sides, caned seat and panelled sabre legs, restorations to tops of legs
82½in. (210cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Rudolph Ackermann illustrated a related Gothic sofa 'from the Fulham residence of Mr. Walsh-Porter', one of the Prince of Wales's artistic advisers, in the Repository of Arts in 1810. The Gothic antique manner had been introduced by architects such as the Wyatts and was popularised by the 1808 publication of a Collection of Designs for Household Furniture by George Smith, himself 'upholder' to the Prince of Wales

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