EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A REGENCE WALNUT AND BEECHWOOD FAUTEUIL
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With shaped padded back and seat upholstered in close-nailed yellow and blue floral-patterned silk, the padded arms on shaped supports, the front rail centered by a pierced foliate cartouche, on cabriole legs headed by acanthus and terminating in scrolled sabots, previously decorated
42½ in. (108 cm.) high; 27½ in. (70 cm.) wide; 26½ in. (67 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

It is interesting to note that this richly carved and generously proportioned fauteuil à la reine relates to a suite of seat furniture from the celebrated English Palladian house Ditchley Park. As discussed by John Cornforth ('How French style touched the Georgian drawing room', Country Life, 6 January 2000, pp. 52-55) the tapestry-covered open armchairs appear on first impression to be Louis XV models, however, their construction with particularly strong rails and the lack of pegs in the joints suggests the possibility of an English origin.

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