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13 A GEORGE II MAHOGANY THREE SEATER SETTEE ATTRIBUTED TO WRIGHT & ELWICK This extraordinary settee is comparable to a group of seat furniture of almost identical design: a suite supplied by Wright & Elwick to Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, and a further suite at Hackwood Park, Hampshire, which is also attributed to the same makers. English, circa 1755 Height: 3 ft 5½ in; 105.5 cm Height of seat: 1 ft 11½ in; 59.5 cm Width: 9 ft 1 in; 277 cm Depth: 3 ft 7 in; 109 cm Provenance: Private collection, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Literature: Christopher Gilbert, ‘Wright & Elwick of Wakefield, 1748–1824: a study of provincial patronage’, Furniture History, 1976, vol. XII, pp. 35–50. Christie’s, ‘Hackwood’, sale catalogue, 20–22 April 1998, lots 119–20. Christie’s, ‘Wentworth’, sale catalogue, 8 July 1998, p. 178, lot 67.
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