A pair of Italian ivory painted bergères, Piedmontese, circa 1780

each with an arched padded back, arms, sides and loose cushion bowed seat, on stop-fluted tapering legs, with a moulded fluted frame

In overall good conserved condition. The back of one is slightly unstable as there are gaps where the arms meet the back. The decoration is dirty, worn and chipped in places and flaked off as visible from the catalogue photograph. There are some hairline construction cracks at the joints which are normal and some other scattered age cracks. Redecorated.
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