Lot 64
64
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GILTWOOD CANAPE with lotus-leaf and entrelac-carved rectangular padded back and seat upholstered in yellow and ivory silk damask with downswept arms terminated by fluted foliate-carved urn-shaped supports with entrelac and rosette carved seat-rail, on turned tapering foliate- carved stop-fluted legs and toupie feet, restorations and replacements to the seat-rail, late 18th Century, re-gessoed and re-gilt, previously with two furhter legs at the front and one at the back

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A GILTWOOD CANAPE with lotus-leaf and entrelac-carved rectangular padded back and seat upholstered in yellow and ivory silk damask with downswept arms terminated by fluted foliate-carved urn-shaped supports with entrelac and rosette carved seat-rail, on turned tapering foliate- carved stop-fluted legs and toupie feet, restorations and replacements to the seat-rail, late 18th Century, re-gessoed and re-gilt, previously with two furhter legs at the front and one at the back
49in. (124.5cm.) wide; 37½in. (95cm.) high; 24in. (61cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A closely related settee, in the manner of Henri Jacob (d.1824), with upholstered bergère arms and bearing the brand of the Chateau de St. Cloud, was sold in these fooms 18 March 1965, lot 132. The latter similarly had baluster arm-supports with striated pedestals; tapering columnar feet and a frame with stringed and imbricated scales together with scallop-shells at the top of the arms

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