Provenance:
Pauline Stanbury Woolworth (1906-1994);
Sotheby's, New York, Important English Furniture and Decorations, 13 October 1994, Lot 354 (with invoice and catalog)

Note:
This settee’s form and ornament relates closely to those found on documented Chippendale commissions from the 1770s. Although the distinctive curved handholds to the arms are one of his most common features on seat furniture, the design on the arm supports and the legs are both identical to bergères which were part of the suite supplied to the actor David Garrick (1717-1779) for his London townhouse on Adelphi terrace in 1772 (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale Vol. II, London, 1978, p. 98, fig. 160).