Lot Essay
Two related chairs with similar lotus-bud clasped arm-supports were sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 3 May 1996, lot 302.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GEORGE IV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY TUB BERGERE
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A GEORGE IV ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY TUB BERGERE
The scrolled buttoned padded back, arms, sides and seat cushion covered in light-brown velvet, with gadrooned arm terminals on baluster supports with upspringing lotus leaves, on reeded baluster legs headed by twisted patera and later ceramic castors
The scrolled buttoned padded back, arms, sides and seat cushion covered in light-brown velvet, with gadrooned arm terminals on baluster supports with upspringing lotus leaves, on reeded baluster legs headed by twisted patera and later ceramic castors