Live Auction 6601Important English Furniture
A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT CORNER BERGERES
Lot 102THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HON. SIR JOHN WARD, K.C.V.O.
(LOTS 101-104)

A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT CORNER BERGERES

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT CORNER BERGERES
En suite with the previous lot, each with arched toprail and part-padded arms and bowed seat covered in green and cream foliate cut silk-velvet, above a shell and acanthus carved seat rail, with waved and shell-carved apron, on cabriole legs and scroll feet, the silk-velvet upholstery probably original
33 in. (84 cm.) wide (2)

With Bartlett & Collins, 7 West Street, Brighton.
Acquired from the above by The Hon. Sir John Ward, K.C.V.O., probably for Dudley House, London, on 27 April 1909, at a cost of 21gns., and by descent to
Colonel E.J.S. Ward, M.V.O. and by descent.

Specialist note

In their overall form, these fauteuils d'encoignure were almost certainly inspired by French prototypes of the 1750's, such as those by the menuisier Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot (maître in 1729), illustrated in B.G.B. Pallot, L'Art du Siège au XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1987, p.227.

An entry in Sir John Ward's account books records their purchase:-
April 27th (1909) Pair Chippendale Lounge Chairs Carved legs & arms 21(?) Bartlett & Collins Brighton.