Lot Essay
A supper table with closely related cluster-columned legs was sold from the Estate of Sydney R. Newman, Christie's New York, 12 October 1996, lot 268 ($48,300, inc. premium).
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SEVEN GEORGE III, ONE BERGERE MODERN
Details
A SET OF EIGHT MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
Seven George III, one Bergere modern
Comprising six side chairs and two bergeres, each with serpentine toprail and padded back and seat covered in ivory calico, the bergeres with outscrolled arms, on cluster-column spindle-turned legs and stretchers, on brass castors, restorations and replacements, one side rail replaced, four chairs with fragmentary printed labels: '9', '20', '22', '24'. (8)
Seven George III, one Bergere modern
Comprising six side chairs and two bergeres, each with serpentine toprail and padded back and seat covered in ivory calico, the bergeres with outscrolled arms, on cluster-column spindle-turned legs and stretchers, on brass castors, restorations and replacements, one side rail replaced, four chairs with fragmentary printed labels: '9', '20', '22', '24'. (8)
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