MID-18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV GREY AND GREEN-PAINTED DUCHESSE
MID-18TH CENTURY
The acanthus and floral-carved scrolled crest, with a caned back, front and seat with painted trellis pattern, the similarly-carved seat rail on cabriole legs ending in scrolled feet, covered in multi-colored floral wool, the painted decoration later
69 in. (175 cm.) long, 39¾ in. (101 cm.) high, 17 in. (43 cm.) height of seat, 26½ in. (67 cm.) wide

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This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

A related duchesse in the Wrightsman Collection, with the same distinctive trellis decoration to the caning, is ilustrated in F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection,Greenwich, 1966, vol. I, p. 59, cat. 44.

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