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WIMPOLE HALL: A Queen Anne Walnut Settee

england , circa 1700

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An exceptional Queen Anne walnut double-backed settee of rare small scale. The upholstered back and seats standing on carved cabriole legs terminating in pad feet, all joined by a wonderful turned stretcher of elaborate form, the back legs gracefully outswept.

Provenance

The collection of Viscount Clifden, Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire
Private Collection, UK
Hotspur Antiques, London
Private Collection, London

Stock number

AD.64
Height: 47.24 in (120 cm)
Width: 63.78 in (162 cm)
Depth: 28.54 in (72.5 cm)
SOLD

An exceptional Queen Anne walnut double-backed settee of rare small scale. The upholstered back and seats standing on carved cabriole legs terminating in pad feet, all joined by a wonderful turned stretcher of elaborate form, the back legs gracefully outswept.
Christopher Hussey, "Wimpole Hall II, Cambridgeshire: the seat of the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes", Country Life, 28 May 1927, pp. 844-851
 
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