A George III Giltwood Bergère

Attributed to Thomas Chippendale, Circa 1775

Height 38 x width 29 inches.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance:

Hotspur Ltd., London, 21 June 1986 (with invoice)

Note:

This bergère can be attributed to Thomas Chippendale based on two virtually identical bergères which were part of the documented suite supplied to the actor David Garrick (1717-1779) for his London townhouse on Adelphi terrace in 1772 (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale Vol. II, London, 1978, p. 98, fig. 160). The only apparent difference is the laurel leaf-carved apron which is on another bergère supplied to the Duke of Gloucester and is now in the Royal Collection at Clarence House, London (RCIN 100205).

Seat height 18 inches. Originally painted, not gilded. Re-blocked. Small tipping repairs to the bottoms of two feet. The underside of the seat rail with cramp cuts and traces of an earlier green-painted scheme. Small additions of wood to the underside rail to repair upholstery tack damage.

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Property from the Fred and Kay Krehbiel Collection, Part I

A George III Giltwood Bergère

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