A GEORGE II FUSTIC AND SATINWOOD SOFA, ALMOST CERTAINLY DESIGNED BY JAMES 'ATHENIAN' STUART AND PROBABLY SUPPLIED BY JOHN GORDON, CIRCA 1758-65, The serpentine padded back, outscrolled arms and serpentine seat covered in green damask-pattern cut-silk velvet, the acanthus and husk-carved toprail centred by a C-scroll cresting, the scrolled arm supports carved with acanthus and with keeled foliate angles rising from a palm leaf-carved oval cartouche, the serpentine arched and fluted seat-rail with three palmflower-carved beaded reserves, the side rails similar, the back rail plain, on fluted and beaded cabriole legs each headed by a further palm-carved cartouche and with scrolled feet, restorations to the legs and carving, the back right leg replaced, 40 ? in. (103 cm.) high; 86 in. (219 cm.) wide; 36 in. (91 cm.) deep