Lot 79
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A MAHOGANY WINDOW SEAT, the entrelac-carved scrolled padded arms and seat covered in close-nailed red leather, above an anthemion and stiff-leaf-panelled frieze with pierced, scrolled acanthus apron, on stiff-leaf-carved beaded and fluted legs and gadrooned tapering feet, the upholstery distressed

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A MAHOGANY WINDOW SEAT, the entrelac-carved scrolled padded arms and seat covered in close-nailed red leather, above an anthemion and stiff-leaf-panelled frieze with pierced, scrolled acanthus apron, on stiff-leaf-carved beaded and fluted legs and gadrooned tapering feet, the upholstery distressed
68½in. (174cm.) wide

Lot Essay

This stool is directly after the celebrated 'scroll' stool at Ickworth Park, Suffolk which is illustrated in R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London 1964, p. 509, fig. 53

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