20 Nov 2011
15:30 EST
Sydney
The Dale Frank Collection of Early Australian Furniture
Back to auction 20111
The Dale Frank Collection of Early Australian Furniture
Back to auction 20111
A fine Australian cedar and upholstered chaise longue
Tasmania, circa 1835
The shaped upholstered back with exposed cross-banded rail and carved fan decoration above over scrolled ends, a cushion seat, rounded front rail and raised on ring turned legs terminating in brass castors, upholstered in infinity blue horsehair with colonial weave, 225cm wide, 67cm deep, 87cm high (88.5" wide, 26" deep, 34" high).
The shaped upholstered back with exposed cross-banded rail and carved fan decoration above over scrolled ends, a cushion seat, rounded front rail and raised on ring turned legs terminating in brass castors, upholstered in infinity blue horsehair with colonial weave, 225cm wide, 67cm deep, 87cm high (88.5" wide, 26" deep, 34" high).
Sold for
AU$ 25,200
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Note:
The matching 'pair' to this sofa in Admiralty House Sydney and is part of The Australiana Fund Collection.
Reference:
Australian Furniture Pictorial History and Dictionary 1788-1938, by Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson, page 357, plate 370.
Category: Furniture / Australian Colonial Furniture and Australiana
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