A pair of early 19th century Scottish carved oak sofas designed by William Atkinson, of rectangular form, the arms carved with a floral bud descending into Gothic arches, upholstered in later woven grape and vine fabric, with turned front legs with brass caps and casters, each 91cm high x 227cm wide x 88cm deep

Provenance - From the stores of Scone Palace, Scone, Perthshire

Auction comparable - See Christies, London, 24 May 2007, Scone Palace and Blairquhan, The Selected Contents of Two Great Scottish Houses, Lots 415 & 416, These are almost certainly the matching four armchairs to these two sofas

Literature: William Atkinson's original hand-drawn design for a 'Sofa for Gallery Scone, July 1821' with identical arm-terminal carving is held in the Scone Palace Family Archive