拍品專文
From the mid-18th century, antiquarian connoisseurs such as Horace Walpole prized such richly-flowered ebony furniture as exemplars of the Tudor and Elizabethan styles, and a related seat served as a throne for King George III on his visit in 1789 to Cotehele in Cornwall. A related 'Ashmole' chair, displayed at Oxford from the 17th century, was illustrated in Henry Shaw's Specimens of Ancient Furniture, 1836. This settee features spirally-reeded arms and legs fashionable around 1800.
A closely related example was sold Christies, London, 12 November 1998, lot 159.
A closely related example was sold Christies, London, 12 November 1998, lot 159.