A PAIR OF BALTIC NEOCLASSIC WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT BERGERES

CIRCA 1785

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A PAIR OF BALTIC NEOCLASSIC WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT BERGERES
Circa 1785
Each with an arched laurel-carved crestrail above a tufted padded back, sides and seat covered in white muslin above a bowed panelled seatrail, on ringturned tapering fluted legs ending in bun feet, one lacking seat and padded to armrests, lacking some carved elements, one with paper label to back seatrail inscribed 1

來源

By repute, Gatchina Palace, near St. Petersburg

拍品專文

These bergères, with their finely carved laurel-leaf crest rail, scrolled arm terminals and beaded seat rail, are a sophisticated example of Northern neoclassic furniture, both in design and execution. The carving of the legs, in particular, with their bulging, reeded capitals are close to many Swedish chairs of the period. They still retain much of their original gilded and painted surface decoration and probably even the original stuffing and scrim of one. In addition, they also bear a late-18th century inventory label which, while it could not yet be identified, may lead to further evidence of a Russian provenance.