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CIRCA 1860
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A NAPOLEON III WALNUT ARMCHAIR
CIRCA 1860
In the Renaissance style, the frame carved with guilloche motif and pierced scrolling cresting surmounted by a baronial crown and centered by a medallion carved with James de Rothschild’s monogram 'JR', the columnar baluster turned uprights issuing padded arms headed by masks and terminating in scrolls, on scrolling arm supports with grotesque masks, above a pierced apron, on turned tapering legs joined by an X-shaped stretcher, on casters, the padded back, seat and arms upholstered in blue velvet
54 in. (137 cm.) high, 24 ½ in. (62.5 cm.) wide, 21 in. (53.3 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1860
In the Renaissance style, the frame carved with guilloche motif and pierced scrolling cresting surmounted by a baronial crown and centered by a medallion carved with James de Rothschild’s monogram 'JR', the columnar baluster turned uprights issuing padded arms headed by masks and terminating in scrolls, on scrolling arm supports with grotesque masks, above a pierced apron, on turned tapering legs joined by an X-shaped stretcher, on casters, the padded back, seat and arms upholstered in blue velvet
54 in. (137 cm.) high, 24 ½ in. (62.5 cm.) wide, 21 in. (53.3 cm.) deep
Provenance
Baron James de Rothschild (1792 - 1868).
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.