A pair of Victorian ebonised parcel gilt and polychrome decorated and mother of pearl inlaid papier mache Side Chairs
attributed to Jennens and Bettridge
the shaped over-scrolled backs decorated with a floral spray above caned seats and shaped aprons, on cabriole legs (2).
Saleroom notices
- Footnote: The Birmingham firms of Jennens & Bettridge and McCallum & Hodson are both known for their production of larger scale papier-mache furniture in the mid 19th century. For a related bedroom suite attributed to one of the two firms see C.Gilbert ‘Furniture at Temple Newsam and Lotherton Hall’ items 515-518, vol 2, 1978, p.389-391. Related shaped shell back papier mache chairs are illustrated in E.Aslin 19th Century English Furniture’ London, 1962, pl. 45&46. A pair of papier-mache sofas and a writing table stamped by Jennens and Bettridge and supposedly supplied to the Spanish Royal Family were sold Phillips, London, 26 November 1996, lot 227 and 228.
