A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BANQUETTES

LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Details

A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BANQUETTES
Late 18th early 19th Century
Each with rectangular padded seat covered in close-nailed Beauvais tapestry with sprays of flowers within a leaf-tip carved and beaded seat frame, on tapering fluted legs partly filled with chandelles and toupie feet, one stamped W once, the other twice
Each 95in. (241cm.) long, 16 in. (41cm.) high, 22in. (56cm.) wide (2)

Provenance

Probably acquired by Ogden Goelet, Long Island, New York.
By descent to his daughter, Mary Goelet, who married Henry, 8th Duke of Roxburghe in 1903.
Thence by descent to the 10th Duke of Roxburghe, Floors Castle, Kelso, Roxburghshire, sold Christie's house sale, 17 September 1990, lot 129.
Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 4 June 1992, lot 69.

Lot Essay

These banquettes are likely to have formed part of the exceptional collection of French furniture formed by the philanthropist Ogden Goelet. Introduced to Floors Castle following the marriage in 1903 of Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe (d.1932) to his daughter and heiress Mary, the majority of the collection still remains in situ at Floors. A further pair of bergeres with the Goelet/Floors provenance was sold anonymously at Christie's London, 9 June 1994, lot 63.

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