Plural of bergère; multiple upholstered armchairs of the bergère style.
French plural of bergère, following Romance language pluralization conventions.
Bergères often appeared in pairs or sets of six in aristocratic homes—they were statements of wealth and taste, and dealers can still identify them as highly desirable antiques today!
Plural of bergère, carrying the same gendered historical associations with romanticized female pastoral labor in 18th-century European aesthetic traditions.
Use as design/furniture term without gender implications; when discussing historical shepherding, maintain gender-neutral language or explicitly include male shepherds.
Women shepherds managed substantial flocks and resources; artistic and literary traditions narrowed them into decorative 'shepherdess' imagery, erasing economic reality.
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