A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS À LA REINE

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS À LA REINE
LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Each with padded arched rectangular back flanked by disengaged columns, the bowed seat within a frame carved with beading, paterae, acanthus and laurel, above a fluted beaded seat rail carved with beading on circular tapering fluted legs headed by acanthus, upholstered in brown cotton (2)

Lot Essay

The model of the offered lot is similar in design to fauteuils by Jacob and Sene. A closely related fauteuil by Georges Jacob is illustrated in F. de Salverte, Les Ébénistes du XVIIIeme Siècle, 1962, XXXV. Another related fauteuil by Claude Sene is illustrated in J. Nicolay, L'Art et la MAnière des Maîtres Ébénistes Français au CVIIIeme Siècle, 1976, Fig. E.