THE HARVEY WINDOW SEATS, English, circa 1785
Height of seat: 18¼ in; 46.5 cm
Width: 43¼ in; 110 cm
Depth: 15 in; 38 cm
Further images
A pair of George III mahogany window seats.
Note: Both window seats are stamped RE on the underside of a seat rail, and each has a plastic Norman Adams label nailed to the inside of one of the rails. The cane seats were restored in the 1950s. The colour and patina are outstanding.
Provenance
The Harvey family, Ickwell Bury, Bedfordshire, England;
Norman Adams Ltd., London, England;
Private collection, England;
Norman Adams Ltd, London, England.
Exhibitions
The Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair, London, 2000; with Norman Adams Ltd.Literature
Christopher Claxton Stevens, ‘The Harvey family suite’, Regional Furniture Journal, vol. XII, 1998, pp. 155--9.
Illustrated:
Christopher Claxton Stevens and Stewart Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture: The Norman Adams Collection, 1983, p. 82.
Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair handbook, London, 2000, p. 97; with Norman Adams Ltd.
Connoisseur, June 2002, no page no.; advertisement with Norman Adams Ltd.
