A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY SOFA

A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY SOFA

AFTER A DESIGN BY JOHN TAYLOR, C.1830-35

the frame carved with scrolls, leaves and palmettes, on brass castors, later upholstered with squab and bolster cushions

109cm high, 226cm wide, 68.5cm deep

Catalogue Note

This sofa is very similar  to a design by John Taylor, the Covent Garden upholsterer who had formerly served as an 'artist' in the 'Elegant Furniture Warehouse' established in New Bond Street by George Oakley (d. 1840). Taylor's 'Dress Sofa' pattern was published in the February 1821 edition of R. Ackermann's, ‘The Repository of Arts.’