A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SETTEE ATTRIBUTED TO WRIGHT & ELWICK, English, circa 1755
Height: 3 ft 5 ½ in; 105.5 cm
Height of seat: 1 ft 11½ in; 59.5 cm
Width: 9 ft 1 in; 277 cm
Depth: 3 ft 7 in; 109 cm
Height of seat: 1 ft 11½ in; 59.5 cm
Width: 9 ft 1 in; 277 cm
Depth: 3 ft 7 in; 109 cm
4422721
£100,000 +
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This extraordinary settee is comparable to a group of seat furniture of almost identical design: a suite supplied by Wright & Elwick to Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, and a further suite...
This extraordinary settee is comparable to a group of seat furniture of almost identical design: a suite supplied by Wright & Elwick to Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, and a further suite at Hackwood Park, Hampshire, which is also attributed to the same makers.
Provenance
Private collection, Chicago, Illinois, USA.Literature
Christopher Gilbert, ‘Wright & Elwick of Wakefield, 1748-1824: a study of provincial patronage’, Furniture History, 1976, vol. XII, pp. 35-50.
Christie’s, ‘Hackwood’, sale catalogue, 20-22 April 1998, lots 119-20.
Christie’s, ‘Wentworth’, sale catalogue, 8 July 1998, p. 178, lot 67.
