Lot 43
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A PAIR OF PORTUGUESE GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
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A PAIR OF PORTUGUESE GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS

ATTRIBUTED TO SILVESTRE DE FARIA LOBO, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF PORTUGUESE GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
ATTRIBUTED TO SILVESTRE DE FARIA LOBO, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The cartouche-shaped back, padded armrests and seat covered with striped brown velvet, the toprail with foliate trails flanked by Greek key uprights, the arm supports with upswept acanthus above square tapering legs surmounted by tasselled hung capitals, on upswept foliate sabots, each with spurious stamp 'N. HEURTAUT' to the front rail
36½ in. (93 cm.) high; 67 in. (26.5 cm.) wide; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) deep (2)
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Lot Essay

These impressive neoclassical fauteuils are not only intriguing by their bold stylistic decoration but also by the unusually rich character of the carved ornamentation. They are related to an armchair in the Palace of Queluz in Lisbon which has been attributed to one of the foremost Portuguese craftsmen, Silvestre de Faria Lôbo (A.C. Pinto, Cadeiras Portuguesas, Lisbon, 1952, fig.232, pl. CXI) and another closely related and similarly richly carved pair of fauteuils was sold at Sothebys, London, 10 June 1994, lot 97.

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