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PROVINCIAL CHIC PROPERTY OF A LADY REMOVED FROM A LONDON TOWNHOUSE (LOTS 204 TO 215) FURNITURE MADE IN PROVINCIAL CENTRES SUCH AS BLOIS AND ORLANS IN THE LOIRE VALLEY, AND LYON FOLLOWED AT SOME DISTANCE THE DESIGN INNOVATIONS THAT WERE INITIATED IN THE LUXURY TRADES OF PARIS, OFTEN WITH A TIME LAG THAT COULD AMOUNT TO DECADES. RURAL TRADITION SOMETIMES DICTATED EMBELLISHMENTS TO STANDARD DESIGNS SUCH AS CARVED TRAILING VINES TO ARMOIRES AND WHEAT SHEATHS CARVED INTO CHAIRBACKS WHICH REFLECTED THE COUNTRY SIDE AND BROUGHT IT DIRECTLY INTO THE LIVING SPACE. THE RUSTIC NATURE OF THE WOODS USED, PARTICULARLY FRUITWOOD TIMBERS ALONG WITH COOL GREY AND CREAM PAINTED SURFACES CONTRASTS SUPERBLY WITH THE SUMPTUOUS FABRICS, MARBLE AND GILTWOOD ALSO USED. IN THE CASE OF THE COLLECTION BELOW, SOME OF THE BEST FABRICS HAVE BEEN SOURCED TO BRING PIECES RIGHT UP TO DATE WHILST OFFERING THE TIMELESS ELEGANCE AND SOPHISTICATION WHICH FOLLOWS FURNITURE OF THIS GENRE

A LOUIS XVI LIT EN CHAIRE A PRECHER

LATE 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

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A LOUIS XVI LIT EN CHAIRE A PRECHER
LATE 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
CREAM AN WHITE PAINTED, LATER UPHOSTERED IN BRAQUENIE 'RAYURES MONTPENSIER' AND 'MUSES ET LION'
WITH A LABEL TO THE INSIDE OF THE CANOPY FRAME 'LA VILLEPOUR LE LIT DE M. LE CHEVALLIER D'.
106¾ IN. 271 CM. HIGH; 80½ IN. (204.5 CM. WIDE; 44¾ IN. 114 CM DEEP

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