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the guilloche-carved oval backs with laurel leaf cresting, the seat rail centered by tied ribbons, upholstered in printed cotton, the rails in elm, inscribed '273-1283', incised 'I' on the back rail of one,96.5 x 72.5 x 76cmProvenance:Acquired by Mrs Audrey Field (née James; later Mrs Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie) by 1938.Julians Park, Hertfordshire Literature: 'A House in Regent's Park. The Hon. Mrs. Peter Pleydell-Bouverie's home, Holme House', Country Life, 20 April 1940, p. 418, figs. 7-8 (The Library). C. Hussey, 'Julians, Hertfordshire - II', Country Life, 27 June 1947, p. 1213, fig. 9 (Mrs Pleydell-Bouverie's bedroom)Condition report: Some looseness to arm joints and in part edging detached

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