Lot Details
Lot 1095
George III Mahogany Settee in the manner of Wright and Elwick
Circa 1760
The padded serpentine back, sides and seat raised on molded egg- and dart-carved legs with foliate-carved clasp brackets. Height 38 1/2 inches (97.8 cm), length 72 inches (182.9 cm), depth 21 inches (53.3 cm).
The egg-and-dart carving and the foliate carving to the brackets are characteristic features of the documented work of the leading Yorkshire cabinet-making firm of Wright and Elwick (1745-1771). An armchair at Southill, Bedfordshire, the home of Samuel Whitbread, with similar carving to the legs is illustrated, P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, rev. ed., 1954, vol. I, p. 277, fig. 160. A related suite of five library armchairs was sold, Christie`s house sale, Swinton House, Masham, Yorkshire, October 20-21, 1975, lot 17; a related pair of side chairs was sold, Doyle, May 22, 2019, lot 261.
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