CIRCA 1815

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A PAIR OF REGENCY GRAINED SPOON-BACK BERGERES
CIRCA 1815
One with a caned seat, one with a later plywood seat, both variously stencilled with the initial 'P', both stamped 'IM' and 'IB' to the underside, one castor lacking (2)

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Lot Essay

Patterns for this form of 'Roman' library chair, with so-called 'shell' back and varied arm-supports, featured in the 1802 London Chair-Makers and Carvers Book of Prices (pl. 1). Another pair of the present pattern, furnished with French squab cushions, was sold Christie's London, 6 October 1994, lot 92. Similar Grecian black chairs with red leather cushions were noted by Maria Edgeworth at Tullynally Castle, Ireland, as costing 9 guineas each (V. Pakenham, The Big House in Ireland, London, 2003, p.48)

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