Details
A PAIR OF EMPIRE BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY STOOL-COVERS, each rectangular close-nailed panel woven in silks with a central medallion on a claret ground, one depicting Cupid's laurel-bound quiver, the other a palm branch and shield, mounted on later grey-painted and parcel-gilt X-framed stools with floral panelled seat-rails carved with rosette and bell-husk sprays, above channelled similarly carved X-frame supports centred by a domed stiff-leaf patera and joined by stretchers, on claw feet
24in. (61cm.) wide; 18in. (46cm.) high; 16½in. (42cm.) deep (2)
24in. (61cm.) wide; 18in. (46cm.) high; 16½in. (42cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Sir Edward Sassoon, Bt.
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., 25 Park Lane, W.1., recorded on the Balcony (Landing) in 1939
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., 25 Park Lane, W.1., recorded on the Balcony (Landing) in 1939
Literature
G. Worsley, 'Houghton', Country Life, 4 March 1993, p.53, fig. 9, (a pair illustrated in situ in the White Drawing Room)
Exhibited
London, 25 Park Lane, W.1., Three French Reigns, February 21-April 5th 1933, no 23 (a pair either these or lot 76)