A PAIR OF REGENCY SIMULATED-BAMBOO CANED BERGERES

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A PAIR OF REGENCY SIMULATED-BAMBOO CANED BERGERES
Each with a curved rectangular back, the buttoned back cushion and seat cushion covered in green silk, on tapering legs with brass caps and castors, refreshments to the decoration, one chair stamped 'WM' (2)

來源

Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 14 April 1988, lot 27.
Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 6 July 2000, lot 93.

注意事項

VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price and buyer's premium when purchased by non-EU purchasers.

拍品專文

Simulated bamboo furniture was known as 'fancy' seat furniture, to distinguish it from its mahogany or satinwood couterparts. George Smith in his Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1808, p. 16 considers it suitable for 'rooms slightly decorated'. An account of Elward Marsh and Tatham includes a set of thirty-six caned chairs of beech imitating bamboo, in the Chinese style and described as 'bamboo chairs japanned and indian bamboo tables' supplied to the Dining Room at the Royal Pavillion at Brighton, in 1802, for £71, (M. Jourdain Regency Furniture, 1795-1830, London, rev.ed. 1965, p. 47, fig. 72 and 73.)