Lot 146
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A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV STYLE GILTWOOD PLIANTS
A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV STYLE GILTWOOD PLIANTS

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A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV STYLE GILTWOOD PLIANTS
Each rectangular padded seat coverd in mustard velvet trimmed with tassels on X-form floral-carved supports joined by rocaille-carved stretchers, regilt, one with replaced stretcher
25in. (63.5cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

The distinctive rocaille form of these stools derives from a royal model by the celebrated master menuisier Franois Foliot executed between 1750 and 1760. A pair of this model is at Versailles, (see B. Pallot, L'Art du Sige au XVIIIe Sicle en France, Paris, 1987, p. 266).