Lot 225
A pair of Regency later green painted and parcel-gilt mahogany bergères in the manner of George Smith
20 November 2013, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£10,000 - £15,000
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A pair of Regency later green painted and parcel-gilt mahogany bergères
in the manner of George Smith
The rectangular padded and scrolled backs with applied side roundels and carved leaves on the downswept arms, with fan carved arm terminals and bowed seats with loose squab cushions and applied roundels on the seatrails, on leopard monopodia and leaf carved front legs and lion paw feet.(2)
The rectangular padded and scrolled backs with applied side roundels and carved leaves on the downswept arms, with fan carved arm terminals and bowed seats with loose squab cushions and applied roundels on the seatrails, on leopard monopodia and leaf carved front legs and lion paw feet.(2)
Footnotes
A very similar pair of bergères, formerly in the Coke Collection, Jenkyn Place, Hampshire, sold Sotheby's, London 8 December 2004, lot 44
George Smith published his Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration in 1808. The anthemion decoration found on the monopodia relates very closely to a design found on plate 83 for the legs and supports of a sofa table and again in plate 44 on the design for a bergère.