拍品 20
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A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD BERGERE with rounded rectangular padded back and squab-cushion covered with close-buttoned tan leather, the foliate-carved baluster arm-terminals above a moulded and inverted breakfront seat-rail, on lotus-leaf carved, part-gadrooned, turned tapering legs with brass-caps and castors

细节
A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD BERGERE with rounded rectangular padded back and squab-cushion covered with close-buttoned tan leather, the foliate-carved baluster arm-terminals above a moulded and inverted breakfront seat-rail, on lotus-leaf carved, part-gadrooned, turned tapering legs with brass-caps and castors

拍品专文

Embellished in the George IV 'antique' style with palm and acanthus foliage and reeded bands, this form of bergere was first published in George Smith, Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1826