Knole Settee

The sofa's name derives from Knole House in Sevenoaks, Kent, which is open to the public and run by the National Trust.

[5] A London furniture maker and upholsterer, Ralph Grynder, made couches for Henrietta Maria in the 1630s, and these were supplied with suites of matching chairs and stools with a canopy suspended above.

A portrait of Vere Egerton, Mrs William Booth, painted around 1619 at Dunham Massey, shows a red couch with a curtained canopy.

The exposed beech woodwork of the Knole Sofa has traces of original marbling and painted and gilded arabesque decoration.

[7] Thomas Capp was a specialist in painting furniture in this period who worked for Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, briefly a keeper of the Royal Wardrobe.

Flap-down arms, when vertical, are nearly as tall as the back. [ 1 ] 1910 reconstruction
Some "mechanical features of Chesterfield and Knole settees", 1922 cabinetmakers' manual
Portrait of a lady circa 1619, with sofa and canopy, Dunham Massey , National Trust