A Regency carved oak and ebonised hall seat in the manner of George Bullock

The rectangular panelled seat with reeded edge and turned reeded arms with lotus leaf carved supports, with lunette and ball carved apron, on reeded turned tapering legs and spool feet, 76cm wide, 47cm deep, 62cm high.




The design of this window seat is often attributed to the workshop of George Bullock (1777/8 1818). Bullock had a varied career, having various partners and cabinet works both in Liverpool and London until his death; although, it is clear that he was originally trained as a sculptor and modeller. The above lot relates to the pair of window seats in holly and oak by George Bullock supplied in 1817 to M.R Boulton (died 1842) and thence by descent to Major Eustace Robb, Tew Park, Oxfordshire which were sold at Christie's Tew Park Sale, 27-29 May 1987 and then subsequently at Christie's London Fine Furniture, 27 November 2003, lot 179. A set of three window seats of this form from the Lily and Edmond Safra collection sold Sotheby’s. London, November 3, 2005, lot 354 ($48,000) and a further example, Sotheby's New York, Kentshire: A Legendary Collection, October 18, 2014, lot 328.