A PAIR OF GILTWOOD AND GILT-COMPOSITION STOOLS

LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GILTWOOD AND GILT-COMPOSITION STOOLS
Late 19th early 20th Century
Each with rectangular padded seat covered in orange velvet on a channelled guilloche decorated X-framed centred by a floral patera and joined by a ring-turned tapering stretcher, on paw feet, restorations
21½ in. (55 cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

Inspired by the pattern supplied by Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené (elected maître in 1769) for Queen Marie-Antoinette's Salon des Jeux at both Compiègne and Fontainebleau, these stools ultimately derive from the original wax model by the sculptor Jean Hauré, who was appointed chargé de la direction des travaux en ébénisterie, sculpture et dorure pour le service du Garde-Meuble.

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