November, 1912 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
3 X 3 
AN INTERESTING AND AUTHENTIC 
ANTIQUE SETTEE 
To the Messrs. Sloane, New York 
Dear Sirs: 
I beg to state that the settee covered with needlework illustrated in my work on Old 
English Furniture, Fig. 60, Age of Walnut and sold by me to you, was purchased by me 
from Sir George Donaldson and with the exception of some of the toes, which in all of this 
walnut furniture have to be renewed owing to worms, is quite untouched and utterly genu¬ 
ine. 1 date it 1675, or within 5 years either way. A most beautiful and remarkable settee. 
Yours faithfully, 
Percy Macquoid, 
Author of History of English Furniture. 
Among important pieces of Antique Furniture offered for sale in our 
Division of Furniture and Decorations is the Settee illustrated above, to 
which Mr. Percy Macquoid refers in his History of English Furniture, 
Vol. II., page 65 : "Fig. 60 is a long seat of stool form made to match 
the tall, cane-backed chairs of 1670 and originally cane-seated to carry 
a squab; in this instance the seat has been re-upholstered in needle¬ 
work of the time." 
W. & J. SLOANE 
Furniture Makers and Decorators 
Fifth Avenue and Forty-Seventh Street, New York 
In writing to advertisers please mention House and Garden. 
