Victorian Deep Button Leather Window Bench, 1890

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A Superb Victorian Leather & Walnut Window Bench. Made from walnut, covered with a deep button leather top, set on … more A Superb Victorian Leather & Walnut Window Bench. Made from walnut, covered with a deep button leather top, set on beautiful hand turned balustrade legs with stud work detailing. C1890

A window seat is a miniature sofa without a back, intended to fill the recess of a window. In the latter part of the 18th century, when tall narrow sash windows were almost universal, the window seat was in high favour, and was no doubt in keeping with the formalism of Georgian & Victorian interiors. less