A PAIR OF GERMAN MAHOGANY, SATIN-BIRCH AND FRUITWOOD INLAID ARMCHAIRS

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GERMAN MAHOGANY, SATIN-BIRCH AND FRUITWOOD INLAID ARMCHAIRS
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with foliate marquetry on the crestrail, with padded back, arm rests and seat, above foliate inlaid seatrail, on square, tapering legs, each with a white paper sticker on the inside front of seat structure inscribed 'Eigentum: Techn. Hochschule Dresden Institut: Billardzimmer Inv. Nr.: 5,' one with a fabric sticker inscribed 'Bill' on the left bottom of the seat frame (2)

Provenance

Schloss Gaussig, Saxony, Germany.

Lot Essay

The shape of these chairs, with their unusual backs, is closely related to Percier and Fontaine's 'bergère for Monsieur D. in Paris' (see C. Percier and P. Fontaine Receuil de décorations intérieures, re-issued Toronto, 1991, plate 39). However, the woods used and the use of inlay, instead of ormolu mounts, all indicate a Germanic origin.

A pair of similar armchairs from the estate of Suzie Frankfurt was offered at Sotheby's, New York, 19 May 2006, lot 173.

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