Lot 53
53
LOUIS XVI WHITE-PAINTED SIDE CHAIR

CIRCA 1780, POSSIBLY ITALIAN OR SWEDISH

Details
LOUIS XVI WHITE-PAINTED SIDE CHAIR
Circa 1780, possibly Italian or Swedish
Of klismos form, the curved padded back and seat upholstery in grey and cream silk within a guilloche-carved frame, on channelled sabre legs, redecorated

Lot Essay

Design for related klismos-form side chairs by Agostino Fantastici, Louis David and L. A. Masreliez (the latter in the National Museum, Stockholm) are illustrated in A. Gonzales-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto, La Toscana e L'Italia Settentrionale, Milan, 1986, vol. III, figs. 358-360.