A French Empire style mahogany and brass-mounted sofa, the rectangular outswept back and seat with green upholstery with bees, the toprail with stiff-leaf and paterae mounts, the arms with sphinx supports, the front legs in the form of angled monopodia griffins -- 63in. (160cm.) wide.
An almost identical settee by E H Kahn & Co., London, is illustrated in Vol II, catalogue of the Furniture at Temple Newsam and Lotherton Hall, C Gilbert, 1978, P 277
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A French Empire style mahogany and brass-mounted sofa, the rectangular outswept back and seat with green upholstery with bees, the toprail with stiff-leaf and paterae mounts, the arms with sphinx supports, the front legs in the form of angled monopodia griffins -- 63in. (160cm.) wide.
An almost identical settee by E H Kahn & Co., London, is illustrated in Vol II, catalogue of the Furniture at Temple Newsam and Lotherton Hall, C Gilbert, 1978, P 277
See Illustration
