292 - A PAIR OF LOUIS XV WALNUT BERGERESMID 18TH CENTURYUpholsteredin cotton, the shaped frames carved with flowerheads and acanthus, minordifferences in carving98cm high, 81cm wide, 82cm deepProvenance:CountCharles de Salis, sold Christie’s London, 19 May 1966, lot 101.Michael Inchbald,‘A Legacy of Design’, sold Christie’s London, 22 January 2014, lot 196

A PAIR OF LOUIS XV WALNUT BERGERESMID 18TH CENTURYUpholsteredin cotton, the shaped frames carved with flowerheads and acanthus, minordifferences in carving98cm high, 81cm wide, 82cm deepProvenance:CountCharles de Salis, sold Christie’s London, 19 May 1966, lot 101.Michael Inchbald,‘A Legacy of Design’, sold Christie’s London, 22 January 2014, lot 196 Condition Report: Good, structurally secure with wear and tear consistent with age and use. There are dents marks and scratches and shrinkage cracks, leading edges are scuffed. Both with some minor old worm (now inactive) and repairs to the seat rails, some breaking out to the top edges of the seat rails caused by upholstery nailing and some (considerable) application of glue to consolidate areas of weakness. There are later shaped blocks to all the joints and later centre struts running between front and back seat rails. One chair with a tipped front legs.Pegged construction. The exposed carved wood all has a rather dark appearance, the herringbone pattern upholstery is all in good order and overall the chairs are in pleasing, ready to use condition.