Lot 437
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A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY LIBRARY BERGERES
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A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY LIBRARY BERGERES

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A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY LIBRARY BERGERES
each with curved, shaped top rail and tapering back with close nail buttoned green leather padded back, outcurved moulded arms on turned entasis columna supports, above a close nailed button green leather seat on turned, tapered legs, brass caps and castors, previously with blocks, now replaced with cross struts, one indistinctly stamped 'X'
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This pair of armchairs relates to one pair and a single armchair that were formerly in the possession of Napoleon, the latter three chairs were made by the cabinet maker George Bullock (d. 1818) as part of the furnishings supplied for the library at Longwood, St Helena, by the British Government. Chairs of this model were included in designs for the library at New Longwood House and Helena (Lowe papers, Folio 220).

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