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A George III Giltwood Sofa In The Manner Of John Cobb
$65,000List Price
About the Item
This stylish settee with its distinctive gadrooned frame and finely carved knees belongs to a group of seat furniture traditionally associated with the celebrated cabinet-maker John Cobb (d.1778) of St. Martin's Lane and `upholsterer' to George III from 1761. A related settee was sold, Christie's, London, The Property of Henry Hirsch, 10 June, 1931, lot 45.
Further examples of this type of seat furniture are illustrated in R. W. Symonds, `The French Style in English Furniture', The Antique Collector, July-August 1950; M. Harris, The English Chair, rev. ed, 1948, p.142, pl.LXX; and Francis Lenygon,Furniture in England, 1914, fig.101; a suite of six armchairs and a settee from the de Souza Collection, Lisbon, is illustrated, Partridge, Summer Exhibition, 1974, pp. 106-107.
Provenance: Formerly in the Kluge Collection, Albemarle House, Charlottesville, Virginia
- Dimensions:Height: 33.25 in (84.46 cm)Width: 70.5 in (179.07 cm)Depth: 25 in (63.5 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:English, c. 1760
- Condition:Good restored antique condition and later-gilded as stated; reinforcements to rails and joints on underside, including wooden and iron cross braces; the surface with the usual scattered chips and flaking to gilding, in areas exposing the red clay, or bole, underlayer.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: 100924888978
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