IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY ROSEWOOD CANED BERGERE
IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The arched curved back with grooved underside above a squab cushion covered in tan leather, on reeded tapering legs with brass caps and castors

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拍品專文

This form of bergere was named a 'curricle', after the Roman magistrate or consul's seat, by Thomas Sheraton in his Cabinet Dictionary, London, 1803. The name was adopted by Gillows of London and Lancaster, who supplied five chairs of this model between 1811 and 1812 to Wilbraham Egerton for Tatton Park, Cheshire, at a cost of £5 each and intended for bedrooms and dressing-rooms (N. Goodison and J. Hardy, 'Gillows at Tatton Park', Furniture History, 1970, pl. 16A and S. Bourne, Gillow Chairs and Fashion, exhibition catalogue, Blackburn, 1991, pp. 32-33).

A related pair was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 28 November 2002, lot 83.