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LATE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SWISS
Details
A SET OF TWELVE LOUIS XVI GREY-PAINTED FAUTEUILS
LATE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SWISS
Each covered in Beauvais tapestry depicting pastoral scenes to the backs and Aesop's Fables to the seats, on stop-fluted legs, re-decorated
39 in. (100 cm.) high; 27 in. (69 cm.) wide; 23 in. (59 cm.) deep
LATE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SWISS
Each covered in Beauvais tapestry depicting pastoral scenes to the backs and Aesop's Fables to the seats, on stop-fluted legs, re-decorated
39 in. (100 cm.) high; 27 in. (69 cm.) wide; 23 in. (59 cm.) deep
Literature
Eight tapestry fauteuils, probably of this present set, are listed in the October 1786 inventory of Château d’Hauteville.
F. Grand d’Hauteville, Le Château d’Hauteville, Lausanne, 1932, pp. 127-130 (in situ).
F. Grand d’Hauteville, Le Château d’Hauteville, Lausanne, 1932, pp. 127-130 (in situ).
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