Satinwood Polychrome Regency Revival Bergere Armchair

This is a delightful Regency revival satinwood Bergere armchair with very pretty hand painted detail dating from around 1910. The chair is in excellent condition with no damage or repairs and remarkably has all its original canework in complete undamaged condition. This has a truly delightful central cartouche with hand painted cherubs in lovely colours as well as pretty birds to the lower back, with floral borders and classical Regency hand painted motifs throughout the piece. The polychrome paintwork is again complete and in excellent original condition.

The chair has a good wide seat and hand made padded cushion with lattice design fabric. The attractive frame has a elegant turned design with a great colour and patina. The chair is raised on its original brass castors.

A truly excellent example with great charm.

This is a good size and very imposing at 1 metre high by 68 cms wide by 50 cms deep.

The seat height is 40 cms and it is 60 cms wide between the arms and 50 cms deep.

Fully insured UK delivery is with our careful furniture courier and costs £60 plus vat to most destinations.

PROVENANCE:

From the London residence of Lewis & Hylda Gilbert Sheldrake Place Kensington.

Film Producer and Screewnwriter Lewis Gilbert was best known for 007 movies Moonraker, You only live twice and the Spy who loved me as well as Alfie, Educating Rita & Shirley Valentine.

Rams Head Antiques is a family business based in Wolsingham in Weardale where we have had shop premises for 28 years. The shop is generally open every Saturday from 11 am till 3 pm.

You are most welcome to visit the shop but please always check to confirm we are open before travelling. We have been in the antiques trade for well over thirty years now and stock a wide and varied range of antiques and decorative items specialising in carpets and Eastern and Oriental items as well as Georgian and Victorian furniture, mirrors, oil paintings, prints, ceramics and clocks.

We can arrange worldwide delivery on all the items we have in stock, please ask for an accurate quote.

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