£1,750
Hints on Household Taste : Paul Reeves
Auction: 28 June 2022 from 11:00 BST
walnut, with later period close-nailed upholstery
Literature: Eastlake, Charles L. Hints on Household Taste, Longmans, Green & Co., 1878, p 215
Note: This settee is based on a 17th century example found at Knole House, Sevenoaks. Eastlake states that the furniture at Knole, including the Settee in Billiard Room at Knole, is furniture which is “designed on thoroughly artistic principles”.