Interior decorators raise demand for Regency paint
AT Scarborough Perry Fine Arts' (15% buyer's premium) June 24-25 sale, auctioneer Stephen Perry, who had given a distressed Regency painted settee sofa a modest pre-sale estimate of £400, admitted ruefully after seeing it go for ten times that amount: “I can value furniture in general but I find it difficult to value interior decorator’s pieces.”
The 7ft 4in (2.24m) long sofa, with dipped back, scroll ends, cable twist panels and lion’s paw feet…