EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY CANED BERGERES
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with a reeded frame and curved back, the arm terminals carved with lion masks and with curved monopodia and spiral turned supports, with tan leather upholstered cushions, on tapering ring-turned and reeded legs with brass caps and castors, three back legs spliced, minor restorations, one chair slightly reduced in height
34 in. (86 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 31 in. (79 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

Designs for such 'Grecian' lion-headed armchairs were published by George Smith in his Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1808, pl. 56. A related set of four large mahogany caned bergeres, without leonine enrichment, were supplied in 1814 for George Home's Library at Paxton House, Berwickshire, by William Trotter (d. 1833), of Princes Street, Edinburgh, at a cost of £7.7.0 each. Three of the set of four, with a modern copy, were sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 27 November 2003, lot 140 (£45,410).

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