Lot 45
45
A LOUIS XVI PROVINCIAL WHITE AND BLUE-PAINTED DUCHESSE BRISEE EN CONFESSIONAL, in three sections comprising: a pair of bergères en gondole and a central stool covered in pale blue silk, the bergères each with deeply-curved channelled back with stepped toprail above scrolled arm-terminals and on stop-fluted turned tapering legs headed by flowerheads and on turned feet, the central section with repair to top of one leg

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A LOUIS XVI PROVINCIAL WHITE AND BLUE-PAINTED DUCHESSE BRISEE EN CONFESSIONAL, in three sections comprising: a pair of bergères en gondole and a central stool covered in pale blue silk, the bergères each with deeply-curved channelled back with stepped toprail above scrolled arm-terminals and on stop-fluted turned tapering legs headed by flowerheads and on turned feet, the central section with repair to top of one leg
85½in. (217cm.) wide
Provenance
Bought from Gerald Kerin on 30 May 1961 for #850

Lot Essay

A pair of smaller bergeres of this design, although not of gondole form, were sold anonymously in these Rooms, 26 March 1981, lot 60

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