A PAIR OF REGENCY ROSEWOOD BERGERES

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1815

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A PAIR OF REGENCY ROSEWOOD BERGERES
Attributed to Gillows, circa 1815
Each incurving caned back and seat with downswept armrests terminating in ball finials, on tapering splayed legs headed by flowerheads, with brass caps and later ball feet, both inscribed 'WT' and an one impressed 'S' to the seatrail (2)

拍品專文

This form of bergere was named a 'curricle', after the Roman magistrate or consul's seat, by Thomas Sheraton in his The Cabinet Dictionary, London, 1803 and the name was adopted by Gillows of London and Lancaster. Five chairs of this model were supplied between 1811 and 1812 to Wilbraham Egerton for Cheshire, intended for bedrooms or dressing-rooms (N. Goodison and J. Hardy, 'Gillows at Tatton Park', Furniture History, 1970, pl. 16A and S. Bourne 'Gillow Chairs and Fashion', Exhibition Catalogue, Blackburn, 1991, p.32-33).

A related pair of bergeres sold anonymously, Christie's London, 17 April 1997, lot 142, and a further example with hipped sabre legs was sold anonymously, Christie's London, 25 February 1993, lot 37.