SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Details

A GEORGE II WALNUT SOFA
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular padded back, scrolled arms and seat covered in later floral needlework, on cabriole legs joined by later mahogany baluster stretchers, on pad feet, with ivorine label 'G.JETLEY 52 S AUDLEY ST, LONDON W.'
56½ in. (143 cm.) wide

Provenance

G. Jetley, 52 South Audley Street, London.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The form of the settee with its volute-scrolled arms relates to those of settees supplied for Ham House, Surrey around 1730 (P. Thornton, 'The Furnishing and Decoration of Ham House, Surrey', Furniture History, 1980, fig. 193).

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