Lot 34
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A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD LIBRARY BERGERES
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A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD LIBRARY BERGERES

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1830

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A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD LIBRARY BERGERES
Attributed to Gillows, Circa 1830
Each with a scrolled top rail above a curved back, arms and seat, covered in green leather and button-down squab cushion on reeded turned tapering legs, brass caps and castors (2)
Provenance
The Aspinall Curzon Club, Mayfair, London.
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Lot Essay

Reflecting the Regency and George IV classical style encouraged by the publications of Thomas Hope (1769-1831), George Smith and others, these elegant library fireside armchairs have Grecian lyre-scrolled frames evoking the poetry-diety Apollo. Related patterns for 'bergere' chairs appear in a drawing room elevation among Gillows' early 19th century watercolours for room elevations in the Victoria and Albert Museum (E.47-1952). The chairs in the watercolours have reading arms, as described in Gillows' 1813 Memorandum for the pair of related bergeres supplied to William Powlett, 2nd Baron Bolton (d. 1850), for Hackwood Park, Hampshire (sold Christie's House Sale, 20-22 April 1998, lot 55)

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