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AN ENGLISH MAHOGANY SOFA LATE 20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE GEORGE II PATTERN BY WILLIAM & JOHN GORDON Of serpentine outline, the seat rails and cabriole legs carved with scales, rosettes and foliate clasps, with a shaped padded back, out-turned arms and a serpentine seat upholstered in cream cotton covers 38 in. (96 cm.) high; 85 ? in. (216 cm.) wide; 34 ? in. (88 cm.) deep
The serpentine line carved with imbricated dolphin scales on this sofa corresponds to the design for a set of eight chairs supplied in 1756 by John Gordon to James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl (1690-1764) for Blair Castle, Perthshire (one chair illustrated in Anthony Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London, 1968, fog. 87). The same pattern is also found on the extensive suite of seat furniture attributed to William and John Gordon, almost certainly supplied to George Brudenell, 4th Earl of Cardigan (1712-1790) for Ditton Park, Buckinghamshire. A pair of chairs from this suite was sold from the Simon Sainsbury Collection, Christie's, London, 18 June 2008, lot 60 (£337,250 incl' premium). Further armchairs from the suite are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and in the Noel Terry Collection at Fairfax House, York.
The ornament of fish or dolphin scales are associated with the Roman goddess Venus, whose sea-shell chariot was drawn by dolphins.