A pair of George II giltwood settees

each padded serpentine backrest centered by a carved shell, the over-upholstered seat flanked by padded armrests on scrolled handholds carved with acanthus leaves, the downscrolled supports carved with roundels and bellflowers on a punched ground, the sides carved with imbrication, raised on tapered square legs headed by flowerheads, the waisted tops with fluting and continuing to bellflower carving on a punched ground, ending in square feet.  Differences, replacements, restorations and re-gilt.

Partridge Fine Arts, London

Acquired from the above, 1987