EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ANGLO-INDIAN SOLID CALAMANDER BERGERES
Early 19th Century
Each with a curved buttoned padded back, sides, seat and seat cushion covered in yellow material, the curved toprail and downswept sides carved with foliage, with foliate-carved baluster arm-supports, on conforming legs headed by square patera panels, brass caps and castors, the toprails with restored breaks (2)

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Lot Essay

These comfortable bergeres or 'Drawing Room Fauteuils', with their palm-wrapped 'tablet' rails and legs, are designed in the robust George IV Grecian style popularised by George Smith's Cabinet-Maker and Upholster's Guide, 1826.

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