Lot 418
A Regency mahogany framed chaise longue,
Auction: 21 October 2006 at 12:00 BST
£1,315
Description
in the manner of William Trotter of Edinburgh, the button upholstered scroll end with bold anthemion carved terminal and bolster cushion, the reeded seat rail on reeded tapering sabre legs headed by sunken field tablet capitals and terminating in brass paw caps
Dimensions
220cm wide
Footnote
Often referred to as 'Grecian Couches' in contemporary trade books, this example is suggestive of Trotter's workshop with its 'dog-leg' scroll arm, sunken field beading and exuberant use of the athemion ornament on the underscroll at the arm