CIRCA 1815, ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY BERGERE
Circa 1815, attributed to Gillows
The incurved caned back flanked by padded armrests and caned sides, above a caned seat with brown leather seat cushion, on turned tapering legs with brass caps and diverse casters, the seat reinforced with a later board

Provenance

The collection of A. Felix du Pont.

Lot Essay

The style of this bergere closely relates to a model supplied by the London and Lancaster firm of Gillows to the Brooke family of Mere Hall, Cheshire. A pair of these chairs, stamped GILLOWS. LANCASTER and almost certainly supplied to Thomas Langford-Brooke for the Library at Mere was sold Christie's House sale, Mere Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire, 23 May 1994, lot 197.

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