A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS A LA REINE

MID-18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS A LA REINE
Mid-18th Century
Each close-nailed and padded cartouche back, arms and seat cushions upholstered in scarlet ground scrolling pomegranate-patterned silk, the arched crest rail centered by an opposing gadrooned C-scroll cartouche containing a pomegranate clasp, the shaped frame, downswept arm suppports and seat apron asymetrically carved with rocaille, acanthus and rockwork upon a hatched ground, the front seat apron with a similar pomegranate clasp above flower-headed cabriole legs, hung with lambrequins and above upscrolled acanthus-sheathed feet, regilt (2)

Lot Essay

With their pierced serpentine aprons, these fauteuils are of similar design to several fauteuils by Nicolas Heurtaut of this period. One pair by Heurtaut of circa 1755 is illustrated in B. Pallot L'Art du Siège au XVIIIe Siècle en France, Paris, 1987, another pair was sold Ader Picard Tajan, Monte Carlo, 27 May 1984, lot 104 whilst a single fauteuil by Heurtaut, mid-18th century, was sold Sotheby's New York 3 May 1986, lot 68.

Nicolas Heurtaut (maître in 1753) was a menuisier celebrated not only for his sculptural carving but for his contribution to the evolution of rocaille design into the transitional period.

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