Lot 28
28
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT STOOLS, each with rectangular top inset with a padded seat covered with floral-needlework, on X-shaped end-supports carved with acanthus scrolls and centred by a patera, joined by a turned stretcher, on scrolled feet, one with repairs to three legs (2)

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT STOOLS, each with rectangular top inset with a padded seat covered with floral-needlework, on X-shaped end-supports carved with acanthus scrolls and centred by a patera, joined by a turned stretcher, on scrolled feet, one with repairs to three legs (2)

Lot Essay

The design of this pair of stools in the French 'antique' manner relate to the designs of Thomas Hope, Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807, (pl.xii), while the shape of the stretcher is derived from the stools in The Indian Room, Duchess Street (pl.vi).

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