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An early 20th century oak and leather three-seater sofa - the back with three shaped padded leather panels, over scroll arms and three loose seat cushions upholstered in chocolate brown velvet, above a scalloped apron and raised on turned supports united by peripheral stretchers (wear to leather, one of the back feet for repair), (LWH 196.5 x 88 x 82.5cm).
A two-seater sofa by David Linley - the slightly arched back over scroll arms and loose feather seat and back cushions in plain cream upholstery, raised on square tapered beech front legs with ebony stringing and brass castors, 185cm long, 95cm deep, 81cm high. * This sofa was professionally cleaned just prior to consignment in March 2025.
G-Plan teak framed sofa bed, circa 1965, the rectangular upholstered back over teak shaped arms and upholstered panel sides descending to rectangular section tapered supports, recently upholstered in brown-grey textured fabric, as sofa 205cm x 84cm x 82cm high, as bed 111cm x 205cm x 45cm high
ITALIAN EMPIRE GILTWOOD SOFA, Rome, c. 1815, design attributed to Lorenzo Santi, triple arched toprail with eagles within olive wreaths and beaded borders, floiate and roundel centred frieze, padded back, armrests and seat, fluted uprights with foliate capitals with winged lion arm supports and fluted seat rail on lion monopodia legs headded by panelled flowerheads, with paw feet, 111 (h) x 182 (w) x 60cms (d)Notes: A similar armchair to this sofa is shown in a watercolour of c. 1812, by Auguste Garneray of the salon de musique at Malmaison (Mario Praz, Illustrated History of Interior Decoration, 1964, p. 190, fig. 157). A suite of seat furniture of related design is shown in the view of the Grand Drawing Room at Fonthilll from J. Rutter, Delineatuon of Fonthill and its Abbey, 1823 (J. Cornforth, English Interiors 1790-1848, 1978, fig. 140).Please note that images of items taken at Plas Teg might not be representative of the current condition of the object. Please enquire. Comments: wear and tear commensurate with age, upholstery requires cleaning, structurally sound, viewing recommendedProvenance: The Cornelia Bayley Collection from Plas Teg, an important Jacobean house in Flintshire, North Wales Plas Teg: Once in a Generation Welsh House Clearance — Rogers Jones CoNote: the auction lots are contained in a warehouse near Wrexham. Viewing can be arranged by appointment by calling Richard Hughes on 07593 181017. Purchased lots require collection by appointment once invoices are settled and strictly within ten days (maximum) from the auction date. Purchases which are not collected by this time will incur a charge of £50 per item per day. Please note that most HGV vehicles can enter the warehouse for convenient collection, but we do not offer assistance for heavy and large objects, please be prepared.
George Fejer and Eric Phamphilon - Guy Rogers - A teak framed 'Manhattan' lounge suite, comprising sofa, width 201cm, two reclining armchairs and an ottoman footstool with hinged seat, upholstered in green cloth fabric. (2) NB - This suite is offered for sale as a work of art. It may not comply with the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) Safety Regulations 1988 and for this reason should not be used in a private dwelling
Lucian Ercolani - Ercol Furniture - A beech framed five-piece lounge suite, comprising of a model 203 Windsor bergere three-seat settee or sofa, two matching model 203 Windsor bergere armchairs and two model 341 extension stools, all bearing blue foil labels and with loose mushroom grey coloured cloth upholstered cushions, width of settee 175cm and width of armchair 72cm. (5) NB - This lot is offered for sale as a work of art. The cushions may not comply with the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) Safety Regulations 1988 and for this reason should not be used in a private dwelling.
Lucian Ercolani for Ercol Furniture - A lounge suite comprising a pair of beech framed model 334 Windsor easy chairs and a model 334/2 settee or sofa, with loose cushion seats and backs, some damage. (3) NB - This lot is offered for sale as a work of art. The cushions may not comply with the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) Safety Regulations 1988 and for this reason should not be used in a private dwelling.
LIONEL BULMER (BRITISH 1919-1992) ⊕ LIONEL BULMER (BRITISH 1919-1992)TWO WOMEN READING ON THE SOFAoil on canvas38.5 x 61cm; 15 x 24inunframedLIONEL BULMER (LOTS 40-55) Introduction Lionel Bulmer’s coastal views of summer on the Suffolk coast came to define his career. His impressionistic style was ideally suited to evoking the realism of a hot summer's day on the sand dunes. The critic Ian Collins noted of Bulmer’s work: ‘the season appears to be one of permanent summer.’The son of an architect, Bulmer's studies at Clapham School of Art were interrupted by being conscripted at the outbreak of the Second World War. On being de-mobbed he studied at the Royal College of Art, at that time relocated in Ambleside in the Lake District, where he met fellow artist and life partner to be Margaret Green (see lots 56-67). When the RCA returned to Kensington Bulmer and Green were taught by, among others, Ruskin Spear and Carel Weight. When Green received an RCA travel scholarship the couple embarked on a tour of discovery, painting their way through France and Ireland for the best part of a year. On their return to London they settled in Chelsea, Bulmer taught at Kingston School of Art while Green taught at Walthamstow School of Art and they both exhibited at the Royal Academy and New English Art Club. Tiring of the austerity and smog of post-War London they sought out life in the countryside. Initially they lived above a boat house in Littlehampton, on the Sussex coast, but soon moved to an ancient thatched cottage surrounded by run down gardens in Shelland, near Stowmarket, Suffolk, which they lovingly restored. From there they set out on their frequent painting expeditions to the coastal communities of Southwold and Walberswick.Untouched by heavy industry, the area represented a rural idyll that was to become the central motif of Bulmer’s work. Popular since the 18th century as a destination for seawater swimming, and following in the footsteps of the painter Philip Wilson Steer (1860-1942), Bulmer was drawn to recording beach scenes and bathers. Steer had made the East Coast his painting ground after returning from studying on the Continent and brought Impressionist painting to England. Bulmer’s pointillist style reflects both Steer's influence and also more directly that of the Neo-Impressionists, Georges Seurat (1859-1891) in particular.This work is unframed. This work is in very good original condition. The work has been examined under ultraviolet light and there is no evidence of restoration.
ALMSICK FRANZISKA VAN: (1978- ) German swimmer, winner of multiple silver and bronze Olympic medals between 1992 and 2004. Signed colour 12 x 8 photograph of Almsick in a glamorous full-length pose lying partially naked on a sofa. Signed in bold black ink with her name alone to a light area at the base of the image. VG
The unique Ashanti 1896 C.M.G., Dawkita 1897 D.S.O. group of six awarded to Commander F. B. Henderson, Royal Navy - the remarkable defence of Dawkita, over four days and nights, with 40-odd men pitched against an army of Sofas 7000 strong, stands out as one of the great epics of Empire, so too Henderson’s extraordinary bravery in giving himself up to the enemy to parley for the freedom of his men; he refused to kneel before the Samory and his elders, even having been shown the head of his most trusted officer The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top riband bar; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, Dawkita 1897, 1897-98 (Lieut. F. B. Henderson. R.N.) second clasp loose on ribbon; Ashanti Star 1896; British War Medal 1914-20 (Commr. F. B. Henderson. R.N.); Coronation 1911, enamel work slightly chipped in places, generally very fine and better (6) £30,000-£40,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Richard Magor Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, July 2003. C.M.G. London Gazette 26 June 1902. D.S.O. London Gazette 8 March 1898: ‘In recognition of services in conducting operations against the Sofas in 1897.’ Francis Barkley Henderson was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire on 8 July 1859, fourth son of the Rev. J. H. Henderson and Anne, daughter of Rear-Admiral H. G. Morris, R.N. Educated at Britannia, he was appointed a Midshipman in October 1874 and, four years later, on promotion to Sub. Lieutenant, he joined H.M.S. Bacchante, sailing in her during her world cruise with the Dukes of York and Clarence as fellow Midshipmen. And on passing for Lieutenant in June 1882, he was awarded the Goodenough Medal for the best examination in gunnery. But in July 1884, his promising career seemingly came to a halt, when he was invalided from the active list. In the following year, however, he took up appointment as Private Secretary and A.D.C. to Sir W. E. Maxwell, K.C.M.G., Governor of the Gold Coast Colony, and accompanied him to Kumassi during the Ashanti Expedition of 1896, experience that no doubt assisted him in gaining appointment as a Travelling Commissioner in the Colony for the next six years. And it was during the course of this appointment that he commanded the small force allocated to the Defence of Dawkita in 1897. Not enough, perhaps, has been written of this gallant little affair, but in his Africa General Service Medals, Richard Magor provides a full and entertaining account of proceedings. As the author successfully illustrates, Henderson’s feat is wholly worthy of comparison to other 19th century epics, Rorke’s Drift among them. For reasons discussed at length by Magor, including aggressive behaviour towards Europeans and friendly tribesmen, Henderson raised the Union Flag at Dawkita in the full knowledge that his actions might be met with severe local opposition. Apart from anything else, the Sofas were said to be starving and his occupation of Dawkita effectively blocked their way to forage for food. He also took the trouble to warn the appropriate Chiefs that if they continued to molest his people, their actions would be considered as hostile ones This, of course, was like a red rag to a bull, and within a short period of time, the Sofas were on the warpath to Henderson’s little three-compound settlement. Henderson takes up the story in his subsequent despatch: ‘The Sofa army appeared over the hill in front of the town, massed in a huge square, numbering, as far as we could estimate, about 7000 men. Their mounted men, of whom they had about 400, tried to pass to the rear of the town on our left, but were driven back by some Lobis, and then, passing along the river bank, occupied the water-hole distant about 350 yards from our front. The Bonas, who were to have held this, made no resistance. I felt very much the want of this water-hole, want of water being one of the chief causes of my having, eventually, to retire. At 4.30 p.m. their riflemen (numbering over 1000) opened a heavy fire on us from the cover of the bush. They showed some skill in skirmishing and their fire was well directed, though high. I had been informed on good authority that they were very short of ammunition, but this want had evidently been supplied from some source, as they were able to keep up an almost un-intermittent fire through that night, the next day and the best part of the next night, and at intervals heavily for the rest of the four days. At night I only replied to their fire by an occasional volley, when they came to the edge of their cover.’ Such were the odds faced by the gallant defenders of Dawkita, a tiny force of arms comprising an African surveyor, Mr. George E. Ferguson, a native Police Officer and 41 Constables of the Gold Coast Constabulary, all of whom, under their gallant commander, found themselves pitched against the full might of several thousand Sofas, an army which they engaged and held off for four days and nights. Amazingly, given that they were outnumbered by 160-1, the defenders suffered just two men killed and eight wounded, while the Sofas are believed to have lost at least 400 warriors. It had been at dusk on the fourth day of the defence that Henderson had decided to evacuate Dawkita and retire to Wa, where reinforcements were expected, and after marching through the night, he duly met up with Captain Cramer, who had 50 men, two guns and some rocket launchers. Henderson later reported in his despatch that he regretted having to leave the Government’s tent behind, which had been used as an awning in the defence and was ‘riddled with bullets’, but was pleased to report that the Union Flag, which ‘had been flying since my occupation of the place’, was saved. He also made light of what had clearly been a terrifying 40-mile dash for Wa. Inevitably, however, this bid for freedom proved in vain, for the agitated Sofas hot-footed it to Wa, encircled Henderson’s barely increased force and recommenced hostilities. Painfully aware that their position was now hopeless, and in a desperate attempt to save his men, Henderson put his life on the line by suggesting he parley with the enemy Prince, whom he knew to be both ‘treacherous and cruel.’ His despatch continues: ‘I then laid this proposition before the other officers, who at first opposed the plan on the grounds of the risk I should incur, Ferguson especially saying that I should be uselessly courting death in some unpleasant form. In the end they concurred and a letter was written to the Prince stating that we had not come here to fight his people and could not understand why he had followed me here ... ’ Of subsequent developments, Magor states: ‘The next morning a Chief came to the British to enter into further discussion, and for reasons unknown, other than Henderson’s extreme gallantry, it was decided that he would indeed have to accompany the Chief back to his Prince for a face to face encounter of the terrifying kind. Given the near suicidal nature of this undertaking, it was decided that if Henderson was detained by the Prince, his men were to evacuate Wa as soon as possible. Henderson found the Prince surrounded by all his Chiefs and young courtiers and behind them about 1000 riflemen. The palaver commenced and after the usual preliminaries Henderson said he had not come to fight the Sofas but to prevent the French from occupying the country. He confirmed that he wished to march to Daboya en route for Kumassi. Just a...
A George III satinwood and rosewood sofa table, fitted with two drawers and opposing dummy drawer, on swept legs with ring turned stretcher and brass castors, 72cm h; 61 x 147cm Minor old marks and scratches to top, one of the two supports broken and repaired at topOther smaller repairs, brass ring pull replaced, locks and castors original
English School, c1820 - Portrait of Four Siblings, full-length, the children positioned on a sofa, monogrammed J.E.P. in the lower-right margin, watercolour, sepia wash and pencil, 24 x 30cm Good condition; some minor foxed spots in places, margins somewhat browned, the lower margin with some slight stains. Unexamined out its contemporary maple frame, itself with light wear.
Collection of Three Framed French Posters: Edward Stone, Mateo Santa, and Louis ArrideThis collection includes three distinct framed posters advertising notable art exhibitions in France and the UK.1. **Edward Stone Exhibition Poster (Left)**: This poster, promoting the Edward Stone exhibition, features artwork in blue tones depicting a room interior with a mirror, a rug, and various objects. The exhibition took place from 4 December 1988 to 24 January 1989 at the Francis Kyle Gallery, located at 9 Mason's Yard, London SW1. The frame is black and is the largest among the three.2. **Exposicion de Pintura by Mateo Santa (Middle)**: This poster announced an exhibition by Mateo Santa held from 31 January to 17 February 2002 at the Sala Museo San Juan de Dios in Orihuela. The poster features an illustration of a grey-striped cat and a plate of fish against a stone wall backdrop. The frame is white with a thin dark border.3. **Peintures by Louis Arride (Right)**: This poster detailed an exhibition of paintings by Louis Arride, held from 3 July to 26 July 1981 at Galerie A.-G. Chwat, 2, Place Saint-Pierre, Brignoles. The poster includes an artwork depicting a person in a white dress sitting on a bed or sofa with a palette of blues, purples, and pinks. The frame is brown.Each poster distinctly represents the era and style of its respective exhibition, marked by detailed illustrations and artist-specific themes, and is framed to enhance its historical and aesthetic value.

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