François Hervé
Pair of Bergères

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Pair of Bergères
Datec. 1791
MediumGiltwood
Dimensions38 × 29 × 30 in. (96.5 × 73.7 × 76.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase funded by the Rienzi Society
Object number2014.189.1-.2
Non exposé

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
ProvenanceSupplied to George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), either for Spencer House, London, or Althorp, Northamptonshire; by descent to John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910) at Althorp, where they are recorded in the Red Drawing Room in 1902, and in 1909; by descent to Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), at Spencer House where they are recorded in the Rubens Room and Ante Room, before being returned to Althorp circa 1926; by descent; [Christie's London, The Spencer House Sale, 8 July 2010, lot 1053]; [Apter-Fredricks, London]; purchased by MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History“Comfort and the Eighteenth-Century Interior,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rienzi, September 13, 2014–February 1, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Circular printed sticker, on back leg: INVENTORY / ITEM NO: 2 / SUB / ITEM NO: 18

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Armchair (one of a pair)
c. 1780
Giltwood
96.1240.2
Armchair (one of a pair)
c. 1780
Giltwood
96.1240.1
Settee
c. 1770
Giltwood
96.1237
Library Armchair
c. 1775
Mahogany
94.887.4
Library Armchair
c. 1775
Mahogany
94.887.2
Library Armchair
c. 1775
Mahogany
94.887.3
Side Chair
c. 1750–1795
Mahogany; eastern white pine
B.2000.16
Library Armchair
c. 1750
Walnut
94.914
Armchair (one of a pair)
mid- 19th century
Mahogany
94.916.1
Library Armchair
c. 1765
Parcel-gilt, painted
94.919.1
Library Armchair
c. 1755
Walnut
94.909
Wing Armchair
c. 1740
Walnut
96.1583