A PAIR OF FRENCH GILTWOOD BERGERES A DOSSIER EN CHAPEAU

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, OF LOUIS XVI STYLE

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A PAIR OF FRENCH GILTWOOD BERGERES A DOSSIER EN CHAPEAU
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, OF LOUIS XVI STYLE
Each covered in gold and ivory putti-pattern silk, the toprail carved with berried laurel, above stiff-leaf and beaded padded arms terminating in eagle's masks, on tapering fluted legs, inscribed in white chalk ‘88717’
37 3/8 in. (95 cm.) high; 28 in. (71 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

A similar bergere formerly in the collection of the comte de Ganay, and stamped 'G. JACOB' (maître in 1765), has the same eagle's mask arm terminals (F.J.B. Watson, Louis XVI Furniture, New York, 1960, p. 142).

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