A Swedish Gustaf IV green and cream-painted canape, early 19th century

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A Swedish Gustaf IV green and cream-painted canape, early 19th century
The rectangular back, seat and upholstered cushions covered in light blue cotton, the pierced sides with acanthus-carved turned uprights and fluted supports headed by Egyptian masks above a stiff-leaf carved rail, on foliate carved stop-fluted turned tapering legs headed by paterae, stamped four times E.S., re-decorated
72in. (183cm.) wide

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Ephraim Stahl (d. 1820) received his master title in 1794 and his wife continued the workshop until 1821

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