CIRCA 1820

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A PAIR OF REGENCY ROSEWOOD BERGERES
CIRCA 1820
Each with curved toprail, padded back and buttoned squab cushion, the downswept lotus-carved arms above turned reeded legs headed by rosettes, the brass caps and castors stamped 'B S & P PATENT' beneath a crown, each bearing journeyman's stamp 'IM'
28 ½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This form of bergere chair relates to a design illustrated in Thomas Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary of 1803, plate 7 and described as a 'Curricle' chair. Sheraton's chair design is further embellished with lion's heads and paws. Thomas Hope also illustrates a similar bergere in his Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1807, pl. XXVI, no. 5.

A related pair of bergeres was sold anonymously, Sotheby's New York, 21 January 1995, lot 411 ($31,050 including premium), and another pair waqs sold anonymously Christie's, London, 6 July 200, lot 77 (£56,400 including premium),.

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