Lot 52
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A GEORGE IV BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD BERGERE with rectangular padded back, scrolled arms and padded squab cushion, the padded seat covered in close-nailed pale brown material, the arms carved with foliate trails and scrolls above a scroll-inlaid frieze, on reeded turned tapering legs and gadrooned ormolu caps

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A GEORGE IV BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD BERGERE with rectangular padded back, scrolled arms and padded squab cushion, the padded seat covered in close-nailed pale brown material, the arms carved with foliate trails and scrolls above a scroll-inlaid frieze, on reeded turned tapering legs and gadrooned ormolu caps

Lot Essay

Its boldly carved 'Grecian-couch' arm-scrolls and reeded cone legs, in the antique style, combined with brass arabesque inlay in the French manner, reflect fashionable Regency furnishings such as those introdued by the eclectic architect, Lewis Wyatt (d. 1853) in the drawing room at Tatton Park, Cheshire around 1810

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