A virtually identical settee in the collection of The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
A settee in situ at Melton Constable, Norfolk, Country Life, 15 September 1928
THE MELTON CONSTABLE SETTEE, English, circa 1725
Height of seat: 18 in; 45.5 cm
Width: 66 in; 167.5 cm
Depth: 26 in; 66 cm
Further images
A George I burr walnut double chairback settee.
Note: The drop-in upholstery seat frame is original and is now upholstered in a modern brocade fabric.
A virtually identical settee, but with slightly plainer veneers, is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Provenance
Delaval, Lord Hastings, Melton Constable, Norfolk, England until 1946
Swanton House, Norfolk, England, until 1959;
Sotheby's 24th April 1959, Fine English Furniture, The Property of the Right Hon. Marguerite , Lady Hastings and the Rt. Hon. Lord Hastings, lot 161;
L. Bateman ( according to Sothebys sale catalogue);
Spink & Son Ltd., London, England;
Private collection, USA.
Literature
F. Lewis Hinckley, A Directory of Queen Anne, Early Georgian and Chippendale Furniture, 1971, p. 57, fig. 42.
Illustrated:
Melton Constable, The seat of Lord and Lady Hastings, Country Life, 15 September 1928;
Melton Constable II, 22
