Eighteenth century Irish mahogany settee

Eighteenth century Irish mahogany settee

£16,000
Category
Reference

857

C18th Irish mahoganydeep seated six leg settee. Completely untouched with its original barrel castors. This settee is exceptional,beautifully well drawn with wonderful kicking out back legs.With cabriolefinely carved legs to the front with acanthus leaf carved on the knees down to finely carved ball and claw feet,so well carved intact that you can see the tension in the outstretched claws. Scroll ears on either side of each leg and fine shell  decoration on the apron either side of the middle front leg. With wonderful exaggerated swept arm with paper scrolls armrests and high back.

It has been re upholstered in a fine watts fabric with stud detail

Dimensions:

Height 109 cm / 43"
Width 142 cm / 56"
Depth 79 cm / 31 14"

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