AN EMPIRE MAHOGANY BERGÈRE

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AN EMPIRE MAHOGANY BERGÈRE
CIRCA 1810, STAMPED DEMAY RUE-DE-CLERY

With rectangular padded back, sides and bowed seat flanked by disengaged Egyptian caryatids continuing to square tapering legs ending in paw feet, upholstered in olive and gold Barberini bee pattern silk

Literature

Lot Essay

Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay, maître in 1784

The stamp found on this lot was used by Demay after the Revolution.