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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE PAINTED WINDOW SEATS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE PAINTED WINDOW SEATS

CIRCA 1820, THE DECORATION LATER

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE PAINTED WINDOW SEATS
Circa 1820, the decoration later
Each with a rectangular cane panelled seat above scrolled and reed decorated rails, on palm leaf-capped reeded tapering legs and urn feet, the underside of each with a metal label initialled 'H'
18 in. (46 cm.) high; 54½ in. (138 cm.) wide; 16 in. (41 cm.) deep (2)
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Mrs Nancy Lancaster.
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The window-seats, intended for squab cushions, are designed with elegant Grecian Ionic-scrolled and reed-wrapped rails and Egyptian palm-flowered pillars that reflect the robust Regency fashion introduced around 1815 and popularised by R. Ackermann's, The Repository of Arts, 1809-1819; and R. Brown's, Rudiments of Drawing Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture, 1822.

The stools were at one time in the possession of Nancy Lancaster who bought from Sibyl Colefax, of the firm Colefax and Fowler, and was famed for her English Country House Style. She favoured the use of such stools at the end of beds, as featured at her Northamptonshire house, Kelmarsh, when it was illustrated in Country Life in 1932 ( M. Wood, Nancy Lancaster: English Country House Style, London, 2005, p.39)