Pair of Bergères

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MakerAttributed to François Hervé(French, active 1781–1796)French, active 1781–1796

DesignerPossibly designed by Guillaume Gaubert(French, active London, c. 1785–1795)French, active London, c. 1785–1795

RetailerProbably supplied by Henry Holland(English, 1745–1806)English, 1745–1806

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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Rienzi

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FURNITURE

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.
Published References H. Avray Tipping, Althorp II, Country Life, 18 June 1921, p. 756, fig. 2, one bergere photographed in the Sir Joshua Reynolds Room; Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Althorp, Furniture, Vol. I, circa 1937 and later; J. Friedman, Spencer House, Chronicle of a great London mansion, London, 1993, p.138, ill.112, one bergere in 1926 in the Music Room, and p.272, ill.240, one bergere in 1926 in Lady Spencer's Dressing Room S. Weber Soros ed., James "Athenian" Stuart; The Rediscovery of Antiquity, New Haven and London, 2006, p.439, fig.10-40. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Circular printed sticker, on back leg: INVENTORY / ITEM NO: 2 / SUB / ITEM NO: 18

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