A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS

CIRCA 1730

Details

A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
CIRCA 1730
The reeded frames with arched backs and serpentine seats upholstered in close-nailed 18th Century floral Beauvais tapestry, cabriole legs, one branded TH and H, and with an oval enclosing a crown above three fleurs de-lys, the other bearing a white paper label stenciled 2119

Provenance

Probably the Condé family, Palais Bourbon, Paris, by the 1780's and subsequently the Palais des Tuileries, Paris by 1785.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 2 November 2000, lot 205.

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Lot Essay

The marque au feu of three fleurs-de-lys in an inverted triangle beneath a closed crown within an oval was used from the 1780s at the Palais Bourbon, the contents of which were sold at public auction in 1795. The additional TH and H brand on one of the fauteuils indicates it was originally owned by the Condé family.

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