A rare William & Mary oak-framed and upholstered two-seat sofa, circa 1695


Upholstered with 17th century Bargello flame-stitch to the stuff-over seat and rectangular padded back including the reverse, in shades of crimson, sea-green and ochre wools, the scroll-ended downswept open arms on baluster-turned front supports, with three similar turned front legs, joined by plain stretchers, with pear-shaped front feet, 105cm wide x 65cm deep x 102cm high, (41in wide x 25 1/2in deep x 40in high)
|Provenance:Roger Warner, The High Street, Burford, Oxfordshire Sold Christie's, 'The Roger Warner Collection', South Kensington, 20 - 21 January 2009, Lot 19