Spains Hall sofa sold for £140,000 at Bonhams

Bonhams’ Important Design sale in Bond Street on October 25 included this George III mahogany hall settee in the manner of William and John Linnell. Estimated at £8000- 12,000, it sold at £140,000 (plus premium), writes Roland Arkell.

The 4ft 1in (1.25m) piece came from Spains Hall, an Elizabethan country house near Finchingfield, …

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