A MATCHED PAIR OF IRISH WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD BERGERES

BY WILLIAMS AND GIBTON

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A MATCHED PAIR OF IRISH WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD BERGERES
By Williams and Gibton
Each with rounded, padded and deep-buttoned back and arms, above a cushion covered in peach floral silk, on tapering legs headed by stylized leaves, lacking castors, both chairs stamped 'Williams & Gibton' one stamped '27143' and the other stamped '46061' and inscribed the same in pencil on the back rail, differences in leg profile (2)

Provenance

The Hon. Mrs Aileen Plunket, Luttrellstown Castle, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin, Ireland, sold Christie's house sale, 26-28 September 1983, lot 1384.
Anonymous sale in these Rooms, 25 February 1993, lot 70.

Lot Essay

Williams and Gibton 1830-44 were descendants of the Dublin firm of cabinet-makers, Mack and Gibton formed in 1804. The Williams & Gibton stamps with a series of code numbers have been found on numerous pieces of furniture in Dublin, such as a set of twelve dining-chairs supplied to George Bomford, for Oakley Park, Kells, Co. Meath, in the 1830s, (The Knight of Glin, 'Dublin Directories and Trade Labels, Furniture History, 1985, p. 269-270).

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