A SET OF TWELVE LOUIS XV STYLE WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FAUTEUILS

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THE PROPERTY OF THE MARQUESS OF CHOLMONDELEY, HOUGHTON HALL, NORFOLK (LOTS 84-96)

A SET OF TWELVE LOUIS XV STYLE WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FAUTEUILS

EARLY 20TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SUPPLIED BY STEPHANE BOUDIN OF THE MAISON JANSEN

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A SET OF TWELVE LOUIS XV STYLE WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FAUTEUILS
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SUPPLIED BY STEPHANE BOUDIN OF THE MAISON JANSEN
Each with shaped padded back, arms and seat cushion covered in close-nailed yellow silk damask, with channelled arm supports, on cabriole legs with a waved apron, the upholstery distressed (12)

Provenance

Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., 25 Park Lane, W1, recorded in the Dining-Room in July 1939 (a set of twenty-four).
Thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

These painted dining-chairs were probably supplied by Stéphane Boudin, the talented decorator of the celebrated decorating firm of Jansen in Paris. In P. Stansky's Sassoon, The World of Philip and Sybil, New Haven/London, 2003, p. 146, Boudin's role as decorator to Sir Philip remains unclear, although it is suggested that he acted as an advisor for decorating some of his rooms. He may also have helped with the purchase of the 18th century boiseries from Palais Paar in Vienna, now in Wrightsman Galleries of the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

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