Sofa
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1760
Materials
Mahogany, textile, wool and silk
Measurements
86 x 219 x 76 cm
Place of origin
England
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Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 485412
Summary
A mahogany sofa, English, circa 1760, with a straight rectangular back and out-scrolling arms above a rectangular seat on club legs terminated by scrolling feet, upholstered in yellow with fringes.
Provenance
By descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M.Treasury.