拍品 106
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A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY BERGERE of massive form, the buttoned padded back, arm-rests and seat covered in red velvet, the toprail profusely carved with acanthus-leaf, the arms on part-gadrooned and flowerhead supports, on reeded turned tapering legs and brass caps

細節
A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY BERGERE of massive form, the buttoned padded back, arm-rests and seat covered in red velvet, the toprail profusely carved with acanthus-leaf, the arms on part-gadrooned and flowerhead supports, on reeded turned tapering legs and brass caps

拍品專文

The bergère chair's boldly voluted and acanthus-enriched frame, reeded columnar legs and vase-shaped arm-supports on flowered pedestals, relates to the George IV antique style illustrated in The Upholsterer's and Cabinet-Maker's Pocket Assistant, circa. 1825 published by John Taylor, Upholder of Covent Garden (see: E.Joy British 19th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, 1977, p. 302).