Settee
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1765
Materials
Mahogany, needlework
Measurements
99 x 109 x 61 cm
Place of origin
England
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Coughton Court, Warwickshire
NT 135342
Summary
A mahogany settee and library steps, English, circa 1765, in the manner of either Robert Manwaring (fl. 1760-6) or John Linnell (1729-96). The back formed as two chair-backs, each with arched toprail above a three-ply trellis of quatrefoils and octagons. The seat covered in petit-point needlework of fruit and flowers on a buff ground. Raised on eight moulded and chamfered square-section legs, with bead and dash decoration. The legs joined by staggered board stretchers forming steps.
Provenance
Purchased by National Trust in 2004 through private treaty sale.