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A NAPOLEON III GILTWOOD AND UHOLSTERED STOOL
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A NAPOLEON III GILTWOOD AND UHOLSTERED STOOL

THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY A.M.E. FOURNIER

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A NAPOLEON III GILTWOOD AND UHOLSTERED STOOL
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL BY A.M.E. FOURNIER
The circular silk upholstered seat on rope twist carved supports with knotted stretchers and inset castors
15in. (38cm.) high; 21in. (54cm.) diameter
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Lot Essay

The model for this stool was created by the upholsterer A.M.E. Fournier who worked in the boulevard Beaumarchais, Paris, from 1850 onwards. A pouf à cordes by Fournier is in the Château de Compiègne and is illustrated in H. Hayward, World Furniture, London, 1965, p. 241, pl. 928. A giltwood stool of the same design was sold Christie's, London, 20 March, 2003, lot 69.

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