IN THE MANNER OF JAMES WYATT, CIRCA 1790

Details

A LATE GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED, GILTWOOD AND GILT-COMPOSITION SETTEE
IN THE MANNER OF JAMES WYATT, CIRCA 1790
With rectangular arched caned back carved with berried laurel with shaped sides and rectangular caned seat, the seat rail carved with guilloché enclosing paterae and suspending tassels, on square beaded legs ending in tassels, upholstered in celadon silk, lacking casters
34 ¼ in. (87 cm.) high, 95 ¾ in. (243.5 cm.) wide, 28 in. (71 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Vincent Fourcade, New York.

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Lot Essay

The distinctive and unusual drapery-carved seat-rail of this elegant settee relates it to the work of the fashionable neo-classical architect James Wyatt (1746-1813), who in 1775 supplied a drapery-swagged white marble fireplace to the tapestry drawing room at Goodwood House, and a further example in the 1790s to the 1st Earl of Belmore at Castle Coole, Ireland. A matching settee of slightly smaller size was sold from the Gutfreund collection, Christie’s, New York, 19-20 October 2011, lot 367 ($9375).

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