A Fine Regency Period Burr-Walnut & Solid Ebony Sofa or Centre Table c.1810-20

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A Fine Regency Period Burr-Walnut & Solid Ebony Sofa or Centre Table c.1810-20Origin: English Period: Regency Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1810 20 Height: 29. 75 Width: 46 Depth: 22 (all at top) The stylish Regency period solid burr walnut and ebony sofa or centre table having a three section solid burr walnut top to a scroll flanked frieze with ebonised panels over a part solid ebony and part ebonised beech under frame with bullseye roundels and turned unifying stretcher to four bun feet, the whole surviving from the first

though other than this

The box has some warp to the right flank

75 inches (with frame)

from a huge eight-inch wing-spanned Atlas Moth specimen

We cannot find any other examples like these

The original staining paint has wear commensurate with age and use mainly to the top rail and seat

Clodion fused the movement and energy of the Baroque seventeenth century with antique themes in a lighter

The human face dominated artist Sam Walsh’s output and we see it appear here again

This is not to say this combination of motifs lies solely in mysticism

The ivory ground square dial having hand painted roman numerals and winding holes

added around 1913

Depth: 9 inches (maximum)