Window seat

designed by Robert Adam (1728 - 1792)

Kenwood House

circa 1768

This neo-classical scrolled-armed window seat was part of the original suite of furniture designed and made for the library at Kenwood. There were originally three window seats in the Library which were designed en suite with the scroll sofas in the mirror recesses opposite. They remained at Kenwood until the auction of 1922. It is the second of the window seats to return to Kenwood and will join other Adam furniture within the Adam Library, as well as Lord Mansfield's writing desk.

• Artists Include:
• William France Senior

• Medium: lime, beech & silk damask
• Dimensions: 66.2 x 139.7 x 45.8cm
• Art Fund Grant: £25000 ( Total: £25,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2010
• Vendor: Yew Tree Antiques

Provenance

Commissioned by 1st Earl of Mansfield for Kenwood House; by descent; C.B.King Ltd, London, 1922; ...; Lincoln Antiques Fair, 2009; Yew Tree House Antiques, New York. The work has been vetted by the Art Loss Register.

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