A giltwood settee of antique inspiration
UK: This 3ft 81/2in (1.13m) wide giltwood settee of antique inspiration, based on a design in Thomas Hope’s Household Furniture and Interior Decoration of 1807, went under the hammer at Gorringes’ sale in Lewes on June 6.
It sold for £56,000, the upper end of the auctioneers’ estimate, to London dealers Jeremy Ltd agains…