A George II style mahogany sofa, modern, in the manner of William Kent

Previously used in the Replica Shoes 's Preferred Lounge at New Bond Street.

This sofa is modelled after an example designed by Kent that is at Rousham Hall in Oxfordshire; it is pictured twice in Country Life in 1910 and 1946,¹ also in Susan Weber’s 2013 important work on William Kent.² The only difference is the surface decoration of the Rousham examples, which are parcel-gilt and painted, and also the Vitruvian scroll carving on the Rousham examples, which runs between the scallop shells in the area covered by upholstery on this model.

As noted in the cataloguing, most legs are currently detached.

¹ ‘Rousham, Oxfordshire, the Seat of Mr. C. Cottrell Dormer’, in Country Life, 26^th February 1910, p.315.

Christopher Hussey, ‘Rousham Oxfordshire – II, The Property of Mr. T. Cattrell-Dormer’, in Country Life, 24^th May 1946, p.947.

² Susan Weber, ‘The Well of Inspiration: Sources for Kent’s Furniture Designs’, in William Kent; Designing Georgian Britain, ed. Susan Weber, London, 2013, p.458.