CIRCA 1820

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A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT BERGERE
CIRCA 1820
Of curule form, with curved padded back and squab cushion covered in brown velvet, above a reeded seat rail on tuned tapering legs and brass caps and castors, the gilding later

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Lot Essay

This model of bergere is derived in part from the design of an exceptionally rich pair of bergeres supplied to the Duke of Northumberland for for the Ante Room to the Crimson Drawing Room, Northumberland House in 1823 by Morel & Hughes (F. Collard, Regency Furniture, Woodbridge, 1985, p. 111, pl. 12).

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