Lot 169
  • 169

A George III carved mahogany sofa

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Description

  • h.99cm., w.165cm.
The present sofa closely relates to a group of designs illustrated in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Makers Director, including a French chair op.cit.., 1754, pl.xx, and a group of sofas op.cit., 1763, pls.XXIX and XXX. A further related design for a sofa is illustrated in William Ince and John Mayhew's Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762, pl.LXXII.



An armchair with an apron and supports of almost identical form, formerly with Mallett, London, is illustrated Country Life, 30 June 1983, supplement p.91.