Lot Essay
In the absence of further inventory numbers, it has not been possible to identify the original placement of these chairs at Versailles and Rambouillet.
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A PAIR OF ROYAL LOUIS XVI OCHRE AND BLUE-PAINTED FAUTEUILS
CIRCA 1775
Details
A PAIR OF ROYAL LOUIS XVI OCHRE AND BLUE-PAINTED FAUTEUILS
CIRCA 1775
Each with arched rectangular back, arms and bowed seat, the frame carved overall, the toprail flanked by ball finials, the scrolled arms with acanthus-carved terminals, on reeded tapering legs headed by rosettes, with royal chateaux marks 'VV' for Versailles and 'R' under a crown for Rambouillet and with ink inventory numbers 'HH,' '989', 'HH' and '990' and with further indistinct ink inventory marks
CIRCA 1775
Each with arched rectangular back, arms and bowed seat, the frame carved overall, the toprail flanked by ball finials, the scrolled arms with acanthus-carved terminals, on reeded tapering legs headed by rosettes, with royal chateaux marks 'VV' for Versailles and 'R' under a crown for Rambouillet and with ink inventory numbers 'HH,' '989', 'HH' and '990' and with further indistinct ink inventory marks
Provenance
Château de Versailles.
Château de Rambouillet.
Château de Rambouillet.
Sale room notice
Although unstamped, it is possible these fauteuils were supplied by the celebrated chair-maker Georges Jacob (maître in 1765), as the distinctive scooping out of the seat-rails is a particular hallmark of his constructional technique.
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