Lot 27
27
A MATCHED PAIR OF REGENCY PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT STOOLS, each with rectangular padded top covered in needlework, one depicting a sphinx, the other a dog, on four panelled sabre legs with brass paw caps, repair to one foot

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A MATCHED PAIR OF REGENCY PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT STOOLS, each with rectangular padded top covered in needlework, one depicting a sphinx, the other a dog, on four panelled sabre legs with brass paw caps, repair to one foot
the sphinx stool 19½ (49.5cm.) wide
the dog stool 22in. (56cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

The lion-footed termination to an 'antique' sabre leg featured on a chair illustrated in Thomas Sheraton, Cabinet Dictionary, 1803, pl. 29. Similar brass feet appear on a set of six Regency Sheraton pattern armchairs sold by the late Earl of Feversham in these Rooms, 11 May 1967, lot 28

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