The duc de Penthièvre, Grand Amiral de France, was the grandson of Louis XIV. A celebrated connoisseur, Penthièvre acquired the château de Chanteloup, together with its contents from the duc de Choiseul in 1786. Following the duc's death in 1793, his possessions were inherited by his daughter, the duchesse d'Orléans, but her enjoyment of them was shortlived. Subsequently imprisoned during the Revolution, the majority of the duchesse's possessions were sold in 1794.

A fauteuil that displys similar carving and this distinctive stretcher was offered anonymously at Sotheby's Monaco, 22 April 1989, lot 357.