Live Auction 7841500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe
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Lot 82 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 81-82)

A GEORGE III POLYCHROME-DECORATED MAHOGANY SOFA

CIRCA 1760

Closed29 April 2010

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GBP 2,500

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A GEORGE III POLYCHROME-DECORATED MAHOGANY SOFA
CIRCA 1760
The arched padded back and scrolled arms above a serpentine seat with a loose cushion covered in red and white striped ticking on channeled and leaf-carved cabriole legs, reduced in height, later decorated
37 in. (94 cm.) high; 84 in. (213 cm.) wide; 32 in. (82 cm.) deep

Abbey Leix, Co. Laois, Ireland.

Specialist note

Another sofa of the same design, most probably the pair to the present lot, is illustrated in the front hall at Abbey Leix in J O'Brien and D Guinness, Great Irish Houses and Gardens,London, 1992, pp.115.