Seating

  • East African Lamu Throne Chair

    East African Lamu Throne Chair

    East African Lamu Throne Chair

    10565 An East African Lamu throne chair, hardwood and bone inlaid in traditional upright form, with pediment top with spindles and geometric inlay to the back, with straight arms leading down into an integral foot-rest, the back and sides strung with cotton thread.

     

    East African coast

    19th century

     

    Height: 45.75 ins (116 cms)

    Width: 27.5 ins (70 cms)                                               £7,500

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  • Pair of Regence Style Banquette Stools

    Pair of Regence Style Banquette Stools

    Pair of Regence Style Banquette Stools

    10535 A fine pair of Regence style, carved giltwood rectangular banquettes with earlier Savonnerie wool covers of floral swags and foliate sprays, the six legged bases with a carved frieze above slender cabriole legs and hoof feet. The covers woven in the 19th century reusing sections of a Louis XV Savonnerie carpet. The covers with expected wear and signs of restoration.

    Private UK collection, probably purchased in the 1960s.

    Bases: English or French 1860-1880

    Covers  French: Savonnerie 1730-1740

     

    Width: 39.5 ins (100 cms)

    Height: 18.5 ins (47 cms)

    Depth 18.5 ins (47 cms)

    £22,000

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  • Pair of George I Walnut Side Chairs Thomas Phill

    Pair of George I Walnut Side Chairs Thomas Phill

    Pair of George I Walnut Side Chairs Thomas Phill

    10355 A fine pair of George I walnut side chairs attributed to Thomas Phill, the rectangular upholstered backs with a scrolled top rail, above upholstered seats supported by slender, cabriole front legs joined with bold knopped stretchers and steeply raked rear legs. Now with space nailed, silk damask covers.

    English, London

    1715

    H 48 ins (122 cms) W 23 ins (58 cms) D 25.5 ins (65 cms)

    £12,000

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  • Pair of George III Wheel Back Side Chairs

    Pair of George III Wheel Back Side Chairs

    Pair of George III Wheel Back Side Chairs

     

    10544 A pair of George III carved mahogany wheel back side chairs attributed to Ince and Mayhew, the shaped backs centring on oval paterae, the serpentine fluted seat rails with central and corner paterae with tapering fluted legs with melon feet, drop-in seats.

    Height; 37 ins (94 cms) Width; 22.5 ins (57 cms)

    English, London. Ince and Mayhew attributed

    1775

    £7,500 pair

     

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  • George III Settee by Ince & Mayhew

    George III Settee by Ince & Mayhew

    George III Settee by Ince & Mayhew

    10584 A George III white painted and giltwood eight leg settee by Ince and Mayhew, the shaped back with a central flower spray, the tightly scrolled infilled arms above a shaped seat, the front legs turned and fluted, with out-swept back legs. Original decoration. Inscription for

    Sir Cecil Bisshopp, Parham Park, Sussex.

     

    English

    1780

     

    Height:: 41.25 ins (105 cms)

    Width: 82.5 ins (210 cms)

    SOLD

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  • Set of Four George I Walnut Side Chairs Glemham Hall

    Set of Four George I Walnut Side Chairs Glemham Hall

    Set of Four George I Walnut Side Chairs Glemham Hall

    10575 A set of four George I walnut side chairs, the upholstered rectangular backs and seats supported by cabriole front legs terminating in pad feet, the outwept back legs with oval pad feet. Provenance; Glemham Hall, Suffolk and probably made for the house. Fine original condition.

    English

    1720

    Height: 40 ins (102 cms)

    Width: 23.25 ins (59 cms)                                        £7,000

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  • Large George II Mahogany Library Chair

    Large George II Mahogany Library Chair

    Large George II Mahogany Library Chair

    10361 A large George II mahogany library chair, the wide back with a pierced splat and outswept scroll arms, supported by cabriole front legs with a shell to the knee and ball and claw feet, with outswept back legs. Carved cresting rail a 19th century replacement.

     

    English

    1740-1750

     

    Height: 39.5 ins (100 cms)

    Max width: 30.5 ins (77 cms)

    Seat width: 26.75 ins (68 cms)                              SOLD

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  • White Painted Late Louis XVI Dutch Armchair

    White Painted Late Louis XVI Dutch Armchair

    White Painted Late Louis XVI Dutch Armchair

    10070.2 A white painted late Louis XVI armchair (part of a suite including four side chairs), the shaped, padded arms with paterae, with fluted supports and acanthus leaf clasps,

    the fluted column backs with an arcaded balustrade top rail, the balustrade repeated to the seat rails and standing on tapering, fluted legs on toupie feet. Grey/blue decoration underneath.

     

    Dutch

    1785-1796

     

    Arm chair height: 37 ins (94 cms)

    Width: 24 ins (61 cms)

    Depth: 21 ins (53.5 cms)                                         £7,500

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  • Set of Four Late Louis XVI Dutch Side Chairs

    Set of Four Late Louis XVI Dutch Side Chairs

    Set of Four Late Louis XVI Dutch Side Chairs

    10070.1 A set of four late Louis XVI side chairs (part of a suite including an armchair), the fluted column backs with an arcaded balustrade top rail, the balustrade repeated to the seat rails and standing on tapering, fluted legs on toupie feet. Grey/blue decoration underneath.

     

    Dutch

    1785-1796

     

    Height: 34.5 ins (87.5 cms)

    Width: 17.5 ins (44.5 cms)

    Depth: 16 ins (41 cms)                                   £7,500

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  • Pair of Charles X Mahogany and Inlaid Window Seats

    Pair of Charles X Mahogany and Inlaid Window Seats

    Pair of Charles X Mahogany and Inlaid Window Seats

    10440 A pair of Charles X mahogany, gilt and brass inlaid window seats, scrolling X-shape with well carved swan neck terminals, the arm rests with brass inlay and resting on gilded paw feet. Re-covered with striped velvet silk.

     

    French

    1825

     

    Width: 28.75 ins (73 cms)

    Height: 27.5 ins (70 cms)

    Depth: 14.5 ins (37 cms)                                           £8,000

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  • Mahogany and Carved Ebony Armchair After Thomas Hope

    Mahogany and Carved Ebony Armchair After Thomas Hope

    Mahogany and Carved Ebony Armchair After Thomas Hope

    10348 After the design of Thomas Hope, a mahogany and carved ebony armchair, the rectangular curved tablet back above a X-frame splat centring on a foliate roundel, the straight arms supported by ebony winged lioness supports, the seat rails and exaggerated sabre legs with ebony inlay. Stamped ‘Escalier de Cristal, Paris’.

     

    French

    1880

     

    Height: 34 ins (87 cms)

    Width: 23.5 ins (59.5 cms)

    Depth: 25 ins (64 cms)                                      £25,000

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  • Pair of Fine Regency Design Side Chairs After Thomas Hope

    Pair of Fine Regency Design Side Chairs After Thomas Hope

    Pair of Fine Regency Design Side Chairs After Thomas Hope

    10349 A pair of fine Regency design mahogany and ebony side chairs after the model by Thomas Hope, the curved backs with ebony borders, the dished eats with reeded ebony lines, the sabre legs with ebony leaf capitals. Stamped ‘ESCALIER DE CRISTAL, PARIS’.

     

    French

    1880

     

    Height: 33.75 ins (86 cms)

    Width: 19 ins (48 cms)

    Depth: 23 ins (58.5 cms)                                         £4,500

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  • Pair of Louis XV Side chairs

    Pair of Louis XV Side chairs

    Pair of Louis XV Side chairs

    10323 A pair of Louis XV caned beech side chairs in the style of Cresson, the shaped backs with leaf carving, the apron with a bold rocaille motif, on slender cabriole legs similarly carved. Originally with a shaped X-stretcher.

     

    French

    1740

     

    Height: 37 ins (94 cms)

    Width: 18.5 ins (47 cms)                                             £2,800

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  • Pair of George III Carved Mahogany Armchairs

    Pair of George III Carved Mahogany Armchairs

    Pair of George III Carved Mahogany Armchairs

    10301 A pair of George III carved mahogany armchairs in French Hepplewhite style, the upholstered back with out-scrolling arms, the shaped seat with shell carving to the front rail and standing on slender cabriole legs with carved leaf capitals. Minor old repairs, recovered with pale red silk damask.

     

    English

    1775

     

    Height: 34.5 ins (88 cms)

    Width: 25.5 ins (65 cms)

    Depth: 23 ins (58.5 cms)                                      Sold

     

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  • Victorian Mahogany Hall Bench by John Kendell

    Victorian Mahogany Hall Bench by John Kendell

    Victorian Mahogany Hall Bench by John Kendell

    10300 An early Victorian mahogany hall bench by John Kendell & Co, Leeds, the top with a shield-shaped cut out, and with hexagonal bar handles, the frieze with pointed arch design and standing on tapering hexagonal legs with carved capitals and bun feet. Original printed label.

     

    English, Leeds

    1835-40

     

    Width: 51 ins (130 cms)

    Depth: 15 ins (38 cms)

    Overall height: 26 ins (66 cms)                                         £4,500

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  • French Louis XV Walnut Fauteuil de Bureau

    French Louis XV Walnut Fauteuil de Bureau

    French Louis XV Walnut Fauteuil de Bureau

    9949 A French Louis XV walnut fauteuil de bureau, a flower cresting to the top rail with outswept arms, the shaped seat with cabriole legs carved with flower heads and on scrolled feet.

     

    French

    1760-1780

     

    Height: 34.5 ins (88 cms)

    Width: 28 ins (71 cms)

    Depth: 27 ins (69 cms)                                               £3,800

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