A George III carved giltwood bergère circa 1770

There are stylistic details in the finely carved frame of this bergère that relate to the workshops of both master cabinetmakers John Linnell and Thomas Chippendale. The front cabriole legs are headed by stylized anthemion motifs which also appear on a group of seat furniture commissioned from Linnell by William Drake of Shardeloes in 1768 and now in the Royal Collection, London. And for an armchair with similar detailing by Thomas Chippendale see a painted example produced for the Library at Harewood, Yorkshire in circa 1771. These chairs, like the offered lot, also feature finely moulded frames and foliate motifs in the 'French taste' a style for which both makers were key exponents. See Hayward & Kirkham, William and John Linnell, New York, 1980, fig. 61, p. 34 and Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, New York, 1978, p. 114.