MID-19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF GEORGE BULLOCK

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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN PINE HALL BENCHES
MID-19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF GEORGE BULLOCK
Each with rectangular seat and baluster turned end supports with ball finials and sunk block patera, on bun feet
26¾ in. (68 cm.) high; 62½ in. (159 cm.) long; 18 in. 45.5 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

In their overall form, these hall benches are derived from Regency prototypes executed by cabinet-makers such as George Bullock (d.1818). Bullock's pattern went on to inspire R.Brown's pattern in The Rudiments of Drawing Cabinet Furniture, circa 1819-1822 and enjoyed enduring popularity, as a similar hall seat was still being included by Loudon in his Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture of 1839, figs. 2079 and 1863.

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