A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD SOFAS

IN THE MANNER OF JOHN LINNELL, CIRCA 1775, ORIGINALLY WITH CONCAVE FRONT SEATRAILS

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD SOFAS
IN THE MANNER OF JOHN LINNELL, CIRCA 1775, ORIGINALLY WITH CONCAVE FRONT SEATRAILS
Each curved back with anthemia cresting above a serpentine-fronted padded seat on foliate-capped turned and fluted tapering legs and gadrooned feet
67 in. (170 cm.) wide (2)

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David Style Esq.; Christie's, London, 20 February 1958, lot 116 (a set of eight armchairs and the pair of curved settees [unsold]).
The Property of a Lady; Christie's, New York, 17 October 1987, lot 60. Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 17 November 1989, lot 79.
The Property of a Private Collector; Christie's, London, 17 November 1994, lot 167.
A collection from a New York Townhouse; Christie's, New York, 15 April 2005, lot 245.

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The sofas compare in profile and decoration, particularly to the arms, to the set of six armchairs supplied by John Linnell for the 3rd Duke of Argyll at Inveraray Castle, Scotland which was refurbished upon his accession in 1770 (H. Hayward and P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell, London, 1980, vol. II, p. 46, fig. 90). The 5th Duke's bank records include payments to John Linnell from 1774 and these may be the 'golden chairs' admired by a visitor in 1777. They further compare to sets of chairs attributed to Linnell at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire at which Linnell enjoyed a long lasting patronage. One set with similarly gadrooned shaped feet is shown in situ in the Drawing Room at Kedleston (C. Hussey, English Country Houses, Mid-Georgian, London, 1956, p. 76, fig. 139). The unusual design of the legs on the present chairs appears to be unique.

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