Osterley Park's 'Two large Soffas carved and gilt in burnish[ed] Gold'
John Linnell (1729 - 1796)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1765
Materials
Beech, pine, water gilding, upholstery, silk, brass
Place of origin
Berkeley Square
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771771
Summary
A pair of gilded beech and pine sofas, attributed to John Linnell (1729-96), circa 1765, part of a set with eight open armchairs (NT 711772.1 - .8).
Provenance
Osterley Park Heirloom Listed in the inventory taken at Osterley Park in 1782 as one of ‘Two large Soffas carved and gilt in burnish[ed] Gold with bolsters covered with pea green Silk Damask’.
Makers and roles
John Linnell (1729 - 1796), designer John Linnell (1729 - 1796), cabinetmaker