A PAIR OF REGENCY IVORY MOUNTED EBONIZED AND PARCEL GILT BENCHES

Restorations.

In good restored condition. each with later seat rails, the decoration refreshed throughout, some small chips and rubbing to gilding, minor chip to one ivory patera.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

These stools, with their X-form frames, are derived from designs shown in Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, Executed from Designs by Thomas Hope, 1807, pl. 12, and in George Smith's A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1808. Both of these show stools differing from the present examples in that the upper curved element of the frame continues to arms terminating in either lion's, although Hope's design does illustrate a similar tied bundle of stiff leaves at the center.   

A similar mahogany low stool of smaller size is illustrated by Margaret Jourdain Regency Furniture 1795-1830, 1965, p. 61, fig. 115, a stool derived from Hope's design with lion's head terminals bring illustrated in fig. 116.