CIRCA 1780

Details

A GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SERPENTINE SOFA
CIRCA 1780
With entrelac and beaded frame centred by roses, covered in pale green damask with seat cushion and three throw cushions, on turned fluted legs, brass caps and castors, three legs replaced, redecorated
84 in. (213 cm.) wide

Provenance

By repute bought by Sir Ian Walker-Okeover, 3rd Bt. (1902-1982), Okeover Hall, Derbyshire from Chatsworth House in the 1930s.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

A. Hepplewhite & Co. illustrated designs for related sofas in The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, plates 22 and 23, the 'woodwork of which should be either mahogany or japanned [painted], in accordance to the chairs; the covering must also be the same'.

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