A PAIR OF GEORGE III PARCEL-GILT AND GREEN-PAINTED BERGERES, ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS CHIPPENDALE THE YOUNGER, CIRCA 1805

A PAIR OF GEORGE III PARCEL-GILT AND GREEN-PAINTED BERGERES
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS CHIPPENDALE THE YOUNGER, CIRCA 1805
Each arched and bowed toprail above a spirally-twisted splat, the toprail terminating in scrolled arms on Egyptian sphinx busts, above a caned seat with tassel-buttoned squab cushion, on fluted square tapering legs terminating in brass caps and castors, redecorated, with batten carrying-holes, one chair marked 'IIII' to each rail; the other 'II' to each rail, regilt and with traces of original decoration
32 ½ in. (82 cm.) high; 25 ¼ in. (64 cm.) wide; 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) deep

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Provenance
By repute: Barbara Hutton.
Christie's, London, 18 November 1993, one armchair from lot 50, another from lot 51.
Acquired from Godson and Coles by the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, FROM BELMONT HOUSE, EAST SUSSEX (LOTS 77-90)

Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
J. Goodison, ‘Thomas Chippendale the Younger at Stourhead’, Furniture History, vol. 41, 2005, pp. 60, 62, 86, 102 and figs. 6, 38, 39.