A PAIR OF MAHOGANY CANED BERGERES

19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF MAHOGANY CANED BERGERES
19th Century
Channelled overall with an ebonised line, each with curved back, sides and buttoned squab covered in simulated suede, on square tapering legs, brass caps and casters, minor variations in scale and width, each previously with a plaque to the seat-rail, one chair stamped 'E5264 ' and '8', the other chair stamped 'E3949' and '8', one chair with restored break to leg, the seats originally caned (2)

Lot Essay

This form of bergre chair was named a 'curricle', after the Roman magistrate or consul's seat, by Thomas Sheraton in The Cabinet Dictionary, London, 1803 and the name was adopted by Gillows of London and Lancaster for five supplied between 1811 and 1812 to Wilbraham Egerton for Tatton Park, 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 similar pair of bergeres was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 17 April 1997, lot 142.

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