Each chairback with curved toprail above a tapering vertical splat, joined by a carved tassell, with acanthus clasped scrolled serpentine arms, above a padded drop-in seat, one covered in tapestry needlework depicting birds of paradise, rampant lions and exotic flowers, the other with a geometric wave pattern design, on cabriole legs headed by foliage terminating in ball and claw feet, minor differences in size
The larger: 37¹⁄₂ in. (95.5 cm.) high; 57¹⁄₂ in. (147.5 cm.) wide; 28 in. (71 cm.) deep
The smaller: 37¹⁄₂ in. (95.5 cm.) high; 50 in. (127 cm.) wide; 26¹⁄₂ in. (67 cm.) deep

The Welby Family, Denton Manor, Lincolnshire.

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Lot Essay

This elegant pair of settees are from the collection of the Welby Family at Denton Manor, Lincolnshire.
Most probably acquired by the Welbys for the 18th century Denton House, these settees were subsequently in Denton Manor, a large house built in the Tudor revival style by the renowned architect Sir Arthur Blomfield from 1879-1883 for Sir William Welby-Gregory, 4th Bt. and his wife Victoria Welby-Gregory. Although Denton Manor was rebuilt primarily to provide a home for the pictures, furniture and other works of art inherited from his father's cousin, Gregory Gregory of Harlaxton, these settees are less in keeping with the interior scheme of Harlaxton and are more likely to have previously been with the Welby family at the Georgian Denton House.
The manor was rebuilt after a fire in 1906 but a second fire in 1938 led to its demolition.