A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DOUBLE-CHAIRBACK SETTEE, the waved toprail carved with acanthus sprays, above a pierced Gothic-arcaded splat and ribbon-and-rosette shoe, the outscrolled arms carved with acanthus, above a drop-in seat covered with gros point ribbon-twist-patterned yellow needlework, upon square legs joined by a double H-shaped stretcher and on later wooden castors, with handwritten label Lady Pusey Drawing Room M.E.F.& D.G.F

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DOUBLE-CHAIRBACK SETTEE, the waved toprail carved with acanthus sprays, above a pierced Gothic-arcaded splat and ribbon-and-rosette shoe, the outscrolled arms carved with acanthus, above a drop-in seat covered with gros point ribbon-twist-patterned yellow needlework, upon square legs joined by a double H-shaped stretcher and on later wooden castors, with handwritten label Lady Pusey Drawing Room M.E.F.& D.G.F
50in. (127cm.) wide

Provenance

Lady Pusey, Pusey House, Berkshire

Lot Essay

Pusey House, Berkshire, was built for John Allen Pusey in 1746-48. It was the home of the Pusey and Bouverie-Pusey families until 1935. The famous Pusey Horn, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, was sold by Captain E.Bouverie-Pusey, Sotheby's London, 30 May 1935, lot 168.

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