A Regency mahogany window seat circa 1820

in the manner of Marsh and Tatham, with a stuffed seat, on reeded sabre legs

Good overall condition. Minor losses to the tips of some legs. Old marks and scratches consistent with age and use. Upholstery a little worn and faded.
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The design of the present window seat shows the influence of Charles Heathcote Tatham and could possibly have been made by Marsh and Tatham. Charles Heathcote Tatham was employed during 1790s by the architect Henry Holland. Prior to this he had travelled in Rome and the Italian provinces, drawing and where possible purchasing fragments of Antique sculpture and architecture to send back to Holland in London. Many of the fragments Tatham acquired are now in the Soane Museum, while several of his drawings survive in the Taham/Holland correspondence in the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 1799 these and further examples of his drawings after the Antique were engraved and published in a single volume entitled Etchings of Ornamental Architecture drawn from originals in Rome and Other Parts of Italy during 1794, 1795 and 1796.These designs provided Regency makers and designers with ideas for furniture and the present bench clearly derives from these Antique designs.

Charles Heathcote Tatham`s brother was Thomas Tatham, founding partner of Marsh and Tatham, the leading Regency cabinet-making firm much of whose furniture shows the influence of  Antique designs.