Lot Essay
Pierre Bara, maître in 1758.
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BY PIERRE BARA, MID-18TH CENTURY
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A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XV GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
BY PIERRE BARA, MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with cartouche-shaped back, padded arms and seat with loose cushion covered in ivory silk, the channelled frame centred to the cresting with flowerheads flanked by foliage and decorated to the angles with scrolling foliage, the seat-rail conformingly decorated, on cabriole legs headed by flowerheads and terminating in foliate sabots, two fauteuils stamped 'P. BARA', one foot broken, regilt (4)
BY PIERRE BARA, MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with cartouche-shaped back, padded arms and seat with loose cushion covered in ivory silk, the channelled frame centred to the cresting with flowerheads flanked by foliage and decorated to the angles with scrolling foliage, the seat-rail conformingly decorated, on cabriole legs headed by flowerheads and terminating in foliate sabots, two fauteuils stamped 'P. BARA', one foot broken, regilt (4)
Provenance
Christie's, London, 1 July 1976, lot 87.
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