Sale 9958
London, South Kensington
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24 March 2004
Price realised
GBP 1,852
Estimate
AN EBONISED MAHOGANY BERGERE BY HOWE, MODERN With padded retangular back, arm supports and seat with cushion upholstered in John Boyd red horsehair, on ring-turned tapered legs, brass caps and castors
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Literature
House & Garden, July 2001, p.123.
This bergere is copied after a Regency original supplied to the Williams family of Bridehead, Dorset, which Christopher Howe sold to Lucian Freud.
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