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ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS HERVE AND ALMOST CERTAINLY SUPPLIED BY HENRY HOLLAND, CIRCA 1791
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD BERGERES
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS HERVE AND ALMOST CERTAINLY SUPPLIED BY HENRY HOLLAND, CIRCA 1791
En suite with the previous lot, each with a curved padded back and squab-cushion covered in floral silk-embroidered pale yellow cotton, re-gilt
38 in. (97 cm.) high; 29 in. (74 cm.) wide; 30 in. (76 cm.) deep (2)
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS HERVE AND ALMOST CERTAINLY SUPPLIED BY HENRY HOLLAND, CIRCA 1791
En suite with the previous lot, each with a curved padded back and squab-cushion covered in floral silk-embroidered pale yellow cotton, re-gilt
38 in. (97 cm.) high; 29 in. (74 cm.) wide; 30 in. (76 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Supplied to George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834) either for Spencer House, London or Althorp, Northamptonshire.
Thence by descent to John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910) at Althorp, where they are recorded in the Red Drawing Room in 1902, and in 1909.
Thence by descent to Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), at Spencer house where they are recorded in the Rubens Room and Ante Room, before being returned to Althorp circa 1926 and thence by descent.
Thence by descent to John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910) at Althorp, where they are recorded in the Red Drawing Room in 1902, and in 1909.
Thence by descent to Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), at Spencer house where they are recorded in the Rubens Room and Ante Room, before being returned to Althorp circa 1926 and thence by descent.
Literature
H. Avray Tipping, 'Althorp, II', Country Life, 18 June 1921, p. 756, fig. 2, one bergere photographed in the Sir Joshua Reynolds Room
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Althorp, Furniture, Vol. I, circa 1937 and later
J. Friedman, Spencer House, Chronicle of a great London mansion, London, 1993, p. 138, ill. 112, one bergere in 1926 in the Music Room, and p. 272, ill. 240, one bergere in 1926 in Lady Spencer's Dressing Room
S. Weber Soros (ed.), James "Athenian" Stuart: The Rediscovery of Antiquity, New Haven and London, 2006, p. 439, fig. 10-40
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Althorp, Furniture, Vol. I, circa 1937 and later
J. Friedman, Spencer House, Chronicle of a great London mansion, London, 1993, p. 138, ill. 112, one bergere in 1926 in the Music Room, and p. 272, ill. 240, one bergere in 1926 in Lady Spencer's Dressing Room
S. Weber Soros (ed.), James "Athenian" Stuart: The Rediscovery of Antiquity, New Haven and London, 2006, p. 439, fig. 10-40
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