EARLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF LEO VON KLENZE

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A SET OF FOUR GERMAN GILTWOOD SIDE CHAIRS
Early 19th Century, in the manner of Leo von Klenze
Each with rectangular padded back and bow-fronted seat covered in green and gold-coloured patterned silk, the curved tablet toprail decorated with a gilt composition central floral wreath flanked by scrolling foliage, above panelled uprights with trailing foliage and flanked by volute brackets, the palmette-embellished rail above panelled sabre legs headed by patterae and carved with scrolling foliage, minor differences in decoration (4)

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Lot Essay

This set of chairs is closely related to the open armchair designed by Klenze around 1820-1830 for King Ludwig I of Bavaria, which is in the collections of the Counts of Schönborn, and illustrated in Exhibition catalogue, 'Schatzhäuser Deuthsclands - Kunst in Adligen Privatbesitz', Munich, 2004, fig. 109

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