A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS À LA REINE

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS À LA REINE
Each rectangular close-nailed padded back and seat upholstered in light brown velvet, with bead-carved arms, within a flowerhead and ring chain-carved frame bordered by leaf-tips, on turned tapering foliate-carved and stop-fluted legs with toupie feet (2)

Lot Essay

The finely carved detailing of these fauteuils is modelled on the celebrated suite of seat furniture ordered from Georges Jacob in 1787 for the Salon des Jeux at the château de Saint-Cloud (see P.Verlet,Le Mobilier Royal Français, 1994, vol.III, pp.239-243, no.38). One of the fauteuils from this suite is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.