A REGENCY SIMULATED ROSEWOOD SOFA

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A REGENCY SIMULATED ROSEWOOD SOFA

The rectangular padded back, sides, seat and bolsters covered in blue damask, the solid arm-supports headed by scallop-shells and with channelled fronts, on reeded turned tapering legs, brass caps and castors, later blocks, the front seat-rail re-supported
84in. (113cm.) wide

Lot Essay

This Grecian-styled sofa, with reed-enrichments to the scroll back and Ionic-voluted arms, combines elements of sofa patterns illustrated in R. Brown's Rudiments of Drawing, Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture, 1822, and in George Smith's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1826

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