Antique Regency settee or sofa

A long couch dating from the late 17th century, similar to a sofa with arms at either end. Unlike the upholstered sofa, however, the settee usually has a shaped wooden splat back, similar to dining chairs. In Australia, any small couch is sometimes known as a settee.

An upholstered couch, based on the 18th century French canape, often with a high back and shaped front, usually standing upon cabriole, turned or sabre legs. Distinguished, perhaps, from the full stuffed over couch, the sofa usually had a band of polished show wood around the seat, back and arm frames. During the Regency, many sofas were made based on the principles of the Classical Revival. Such sofas are noted for their deeply scrolled arms and curved sabre legs, usually reeded. Their influence can be traced through the many colonial day beds and miner's couches, however humble by comparison, more...

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Regency simulated rosewood on beech daybed sofa, c. 1820,…

Regency simulated rosewood on beech daybed sofa, c. 1820, shaped back and scroll ends carved with acanthus leaves, on down-swept legs with brass castors, bolsters and seat cushion, height 97 cm, width 196 cm, depth 65 cm. Provenance: Ben Stoner Antiques,…

Leppington House early Colonial Australian cedar sofa, with…

Leppington House Colonial Cedar Sofa, 1830

Leppington House early Colonial Australian cedar sofa, with handsomely carved and turned decoration, and finely upholstered in black horsehair, circa 1830. Nestled at the foothills of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Leppington House was a grand two…

Alan Wanzenberg (American), Hollywood Regency curved sofa,…

Green Velvet Hollywood Regency Curved Sofa by Alan Wanzenberg

Alan Wanzenberg (American), Hollywood Regency curved sofa, green velvet upholstery, on fluted metal legs, with two cushions, height 74 cm, width 205 cm, depth 95 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney

An early Australian late Regency, William IV double ended…

Regency Cedar Settee from Tasmania, 1835

An early Australian late Regency, William IV double ended settee with carved cedar frame, Tasmanian origin, most likely Launceston, circa 1835-1840. Purchased from Toby & Juliana Hooper in 1983 93 cm high, 230 cm wide, 66 cm deep

Rare Australian Colonial cedar sofa, with shaped back, turned…

Rare Colonial Cedar Sofa with Provenance

Rare Australian Colonial cedar sofa, with shaped back, turned and scrolled arms above shaped Regency style feet. Provenance: Hahndorf region. A similar example is in the Art Gallery of South Australia.

Regency mahogany and brass inlaid sofa, c. 1830, with shaped…

Brass Inlaid Regency Sofa with Cream Velvet Upholstery

Regency mahogany and brass inlaid sofa, c. 1830, with shaped back and scrolled arms decorated with brass inlay in floral and vine motifs, the apron inlaid with brass flowers and scrolls, upholstered in cream velvet with a floral pattern, raised on tapered…

An early Australian late Regency, William IV double ended…

William IV Cedar Settee, Tasmanian Origin

An early Australian late Regency, William IV double ended settee with carved cedar frame, Tasmanian origin, most likely Launceston, circa 1835-1840. Purchased from Toby & Juliana Hooper in 1983, 93 cm high, 230 cm wide, 66 cm deep

An Anglo Indian caned sofa, circa 1820 in the early Regency…

Regency Style Caned Sofa with Greek Influence

An Anglo Indian caned sofa, circa 1820 in the early Regency style based on the classical Greek couch, the reeded scrolling end supports centred by patera with a caned seat, raised on ring turned supports 232 cm long, 66 cm deep Literature for a similar…

An Anglo-Indian double ended settee, finely carved red cedar in…

Regency-style Double Ended Settee in Red Cedar Wood

An Anglo-Indian double ended settee, finely carved red cedar in the Regency manner, circa 1825, 95 cm high, 197 cm wide, 60 cm deep