A suite of Regency painted faux-bamboo seat furniture circa 1805

comprising a long sofa, a pair of marquises and four armchairs; each bamboo-form cresting rail flanked by downswept armrests above rush seats raised on bamboo-form legs joined by bamboo-form stretchers.

Possibly Thomas Anson, 1st Viscout Lichfield, Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire
By descent, The Earls of Lichfield, Shugborough Hall, possibly sold in 1842
Christie's London, The Property of a Lady of Title, June 23, 1983, lot 26 (illustrated)

Overall good condition; appears to retain much of the original decoration with scattered chips and losses and some areas of inpainting; the small armchairs appear to have some old repaired breaks at bases of armrest supports with seat rails and with later plugs, some with old repairs at joins with backrests; sturdy.
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