Lot 113
113
A NAPOLEON III EMPIRE REVIVAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR, the rectangular padded back and seat upholstered in yellow damask, the channelled frame with scrolled top rail, with foliate mounts and rosettes, the arm supports formed as seated winged sphinxes, on winged griffin monopodiac and plain splayed back legs

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A NAPOLEON III EMPIRE REVIVAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR, the rectangular padded back and seat upholstered in yellow damask, the channelled frame with scrolled top rail, with foliate mounts and rosettes, the arm supports formed as seated winged sphinxes, on winged griffin monopodiac and plain splayed back legs

Lot Essay

This chair was inspired by the 'antique' furniture designed by Georges Jacob (d. 1814) in the 'Empire' style and popularised by C. Percier and F. Fontaine's, Receuil de Decorations Intérieures, 1801.
A similar suite, including a chaise longue was sold in these rooms 12 Novemeber 1987, lot 69.

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