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A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY WINDOW SEATS
Lot 273

A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY WINDOW SEATS

CIRCA 1810, IN THE MANNER OF MORGAN AND SAUNDERS

Closed2 July 2014

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GBP 11,875

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A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY WINDOW SEATS
CIRCA 1810, IN THE MANNER OF MORGAN AND SAUNDERS
Each with a rectangular caned seat between reeded X-frame supports terminating in scrolls, the arms and legs joined by reeded baluster turned supports on gilt-metal ball feet, various repairs and restoration

24 ½ in. (62 cm.) high; 34 in. (86 cm.) wide; 16 in. (41 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Christie's South Kensington, 9 December 2007, lot 184 (£16,100).

Specialist note

This pair of Grecian-form bench was popularised by Messrs. Morgan and Saunders of Trafalgar House, Catherine Street, and a related window seat by these makers is illustrated in R. Ackermann, The Repository of Arts, London, 1809 (see P. Agius, Ackermann's Regency Furniture and Interiors, London, 1984, p. 39).