A GEORGE III GILTWOOD SOFA, the curved padded back, sides, arm-rests and squab cushion covered in pink striped silk, the back headed by a flowerhead and on turned tapering reeded legs, re-gilt

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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD SOFA, the curved padded back, sides, arm-rests and squab cushion covered in pink striped silk, the back headed by a flowerhead and on turned tapering reeded legs, re-gilt
61½in. (156cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Designed in the Louis XVI 'antique' manner, this form of settee, with bergere arms, tablet-enriched frame and tapering columnar legs with palm-capped reeds, relates to patterns for 'cabriole chairs' and sofas published in A. Hepplewhite & Co., Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, pls. 10 & 24.

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