Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD BERGERES
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS OF LANCASTER
Each with scrolled back, out-scrolled arms and squab cushion upholstered in pink and beige-striped silk, the arms terminating in acanthus volutes and centred on the seat-rail by a plaque of scrolling foliage, above spirally-turning reeded and gadrooned turned legs on brass castors (2)
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS OF LANCASTER
Each with scrolled back, out-scrolled arms and squab cushion upholstered in pink and beige-striped silk, the arms terminating in acanthus volutes and centred on the seat-rail by a plaque of scrolling foliage, above spirally-turning reeded and gadrooned turned legs on brass castors (2)
Provenance
Probably supplied to Morton John Davison, Esq. (1778-1841), for Beamish Park, Co. Durham
Thence by indirect descent with the house to Robert Duncombe Shafto, Esq., of Beamish Park and subsequently of Bavington Hall
Thence by indirect descent with the house to Robert Duncombe Shafto, Esq., of Beamish Park and subsequently of Bavington Hall