A PAIR OF GILTWOOD BERGERES, each with waved arched channelled toprail carved with an asymmetrical rockwork cartouche and foliate trails, the downswept arms terminating in dolphins standing on a gadrooned hatched plinth, the padded back, squab-cushion and seat covered in close-nailed Aubusson tapestry woven in wools and silks depicting grouse, rabbits and a squirrel and bird from Aesop's Fables, all on an ivory ground and within a trailing foliate border, above a foliate carved channelled seat-rail with guilloche panels and on cabriole legs and foliate scroll feet, the tapestry distressed and part 18th Century, the frames 19th Century

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A PAIR OF GILTWOOD BERGERES, each with waved arched channelled toprail carved with an asymmetrical rockwork cartouche and foliate trails, the downswept arms terminating in dolphins standing on a gadrooned hatched plinth, the padded back, squab-cushion and seat covered in close-nailed Aubusson tapestry woven in wools and silks depicting grouse, rabbits and a squirrel and bird from Aesop's Fables, all on an ivory ground and within a trailing foliate border, above a foliate carved channelled seat-rail with guilloche panels and on cabriole legs and foliate scroll feet, the tapestry distressed and part 18th Century, the frames 19th Century
29¾in. (75.5cm.) wide; 27¾in. (70.5cm.) high; 25¼in. (64cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Sir Edward Sassoon, Bt.
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., 25 Park Lane, W.1, recorded in the Large Drawing-Room in 1939

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