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A GEORGE II FUSTIC AND SATINWOOD SOFA

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£ 106 250
Auction dateClassic
19.01.2021 00:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 472414
Lot 50 | A GEORGE II FUSTIC AND SATINWOOD SOFA
A GEORGE II FUSTIC AND SATINWOOD SOFA

ALMOST CERTAINLY DESIGNED BY JAMES 'ATHENIAN' STUART AND PROBABLY SUPPLIED BY JOHN GORDON, CIRCA 1758-65

The serpentine padded back, outscrolled arms and serpentine seat covered in green damask-pattern cut-silk velvet, the acanthus and husk-carved toprail centred by a C-scroll cresting, the scrolled arm supports carved with acanthus and with keeled foliate angles rising from a palm leaf-carved oval cartouche, the serpentine arched and fluted seat-rail with three palmflower-carved beaded reserves, the side rails similar, the back rail plain, on fluted and beaded cabriole legs each headed by a further palm-carved cartouche and with scrolled feet, restorations to the legs and carving, the back right leg replaced

40 ½ in. (103 cm.) high; 86 in. (219 cm.) wide; 36 in. (91 cm.) deep

Medium:Satinwood
Historical era:Georgian period
Place of origin:Northern Europe
Category:Armchair, Sofa
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
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