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19449
A Very Fine Settee After a Design by William Linnell
A Very Fine Settee After a Design by William Linnell
H: 40 in / 103 cm | W: 84 in / 210 cm | D: 33 in / 84 cm
PRICE: £35,000
19449
A Very Fine Settee After a Design by William Linnell
Firmly Attributed to Maple & Company of London
The mahogany settee has the end arm supports carved with recumbent mermaids, terminating in Georgian style 'hairy paw feet', the centre legs carved with winged female herms, and the rear legs carved with acanthus leaves and conforming hairy paw feet; the seat rails carved with a running bead & reel design, and acanthus leaves; the top rail having a fine carved central medallion motif of Venus and Cupid, flanked with egg-and dart scrolls.
Circa 1900
See ‘British Furniture 1820 to 1920’ by Christopher Payne, 2023, pp. 501-502, illustrated fig. 10.35, for a related example previously with Butchoff.
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