Lot 83
83
A GEORGE IV WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SOFA with dished back, cushions and acanthus-carved outscrolled arms covered in yellow silk damask, with entrelac and rosette frieze to front and sides, on gfluted tapering legs headed by cabochons and with gadrooned giltmetal caps, one castor lacking

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A GEORGE IV WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SOFA with dished back, cushions and acanthus-carved outscrolled arms covered in yellow silk damask, with entrelac and rosette frieze to front and sides, on gfluted tapering legs headed by cabochons and with gadrooned giltmetal caps, one castor lacking
95¾in.(243cm.)wide

Lot Essay

The fluid design and sturdy straight legs of this sofa in the 'French' manner relate to a design by Michael Angelo Nicholson from The Practical Cabinet-Maker, 1826 (ill. C. Musgrave, Regency Furniture, London, 1961, plate 32A).

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