IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS HOPE, 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY NORTH EUROPEAN

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AN EBONISED BEECH AND PARCEL-GILT X-FRAME STOOL
IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS HOPE, 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY NORTH EUROPEAN
With eagle's head terminals above a green velvet padded seat and reeded laurel-carved crossing, on claw-and-ball feet, redecorated
27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high; 35½ in. (90 cm.) wide; 20 in. (50.5 cm.) deep

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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

The stool is designed in the French antique fashion introduced around 1800, and with Jupiter eagle heads and claws substituted for Bacchic lion heads and paws, relates to a pattern in Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807, pl. 12, fig. 4). A gilt stool, of the present pattern, is recorded with the label of Messrs. Bartlett and Colling, who were established in 1860 in Brighton as 'Antique Furniture and Fine Art Dealers'. The latter was sold anonymously, Sotheby's, London, 3 July 2003, lot 167.

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