AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS HOPE, CIRCA 1810

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A REGENCY EBONIZED, WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT STOOL
AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS HOPE, CIRCA 1810
Of curule form with ram’s head terminals, with stylized acanthus leaves and a flowerhead at the intersections, below a seat covered in silk brocade, French or Italian, circa 1735-1740, above down swept legs ending in hoof feet, redecorated, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
27 3/4 in. (70.5 cm.) high, 34 3/4 in. (88.3 cm.) wide, 18 1/2 in. (47 cm.) deep

Provenance

Property from a Private Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 13 October 1990, lot 167.
‌Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

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Lot Essay

The silhouette of this stool is of ancient Roman curule form. A closely related model was designed by the antiquarian collector and tastemaker Thomas Hope (1769-1831) for his house in Duchess Street and published in plate 12, no. 4 of his Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1807).

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