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LATE 19TH CENTURY
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a suite of parcel-gilt and mahogany seat furniture
Late 19th Century
Comprising four bergères and a centre table, the bergères each with deeply curved padded back, squab cushion and sides covered in close-nailed dark pink velvet, the arms with scrolling recumbant swan-terminals terminating in claw feet, the centre table with verde antico marble top with a foliate border, above a plain frieze with beaded border, on three scrolling swan-supports flanking a central circular stem with an anthemion-carved base, on a concave-sided triangular platform, restorations, the marble repaired
The table 67cm. high and 88cm. diam. (5)
Late 19th Century
Comprising four bergères and a centre table, the bergères each with deeply curved padded back, squab cushion and sides covered in close-nailed dark pink velvet, the arms with scrolling recumbant swan-terminals terminating in claw feet, the centre table with verde antico marble top with a foliate border, above a plain frieze with beaded border, on three scrolling swan-supports flanking a central circular stem with an anthemion-carved base, on a concave-sided triangular platform, restorations, the marble repaired
The table 67cm. high and 88cm. diam. (5)