CIRCA 1790

Details

A SET OF THREE GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED CANED BERGERES
CIRCA 1790
With an oil-cloth squab cushion; redecorated
36 ½ in. (93 cm.) high; 23 in. (58 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

Provenance

Althorp, Northamptonshire and by descent, until sold:
Althorp Attic Sale; sold Christie's, South Kensington, 7-8 July 2010, lot 6.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

An identical chair, suggesting a further long set of chairs, was photographed in situ in the long gallery at Althorp by H. Bedford Lemere in 1892. It is possible the chair illustrated is one of the present lot.

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