The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

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A Louis XVI style carved giltwood child's bergere, 19th century

Auction Closed

March 24, 08:41 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Louis XVI style carved giltwood child's bergere

19th century


with floral and berry carved frame with scrolled arms and upholstered in floral patterned silk, on leaf carved and fluted legs together with a similar larger Louis XVI style carved giltwood and upholstered bergere, 19th century, covered in striped silk, with fluted tapering front legs (2)

Both probably Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne (1829–1893)

Avray Tipping, ‘Mersham le Hatch’, Country Life, 8 August 1925, photographed in the hall, p. 219;
Inventory, 1926, p. 28, in the south room;
H. Avray Tipping, English Homes, Late Georgian, 1760-1820Country Life, London, 1926, in situ p. 124;
Christopher Hussey, English Country House, Mid Georgian 1760-1800, London, 1984,  in situ, pl. 183.