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A Louis XV beechwood fauteuil
The cartouche-shaped padded back with a floral cresting, with padded moulded scroll arms and serpentine seat, on cabriole legs headed with floral ornament and terminating in foliate scroll feet, old repairs
The cartouche-shaped padded back with a floral cresting, with padded moulded scroll arms and serpentine seat, on cabriole legs headed with floral ornament and terminating in foliate scroll feet, old repairs
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Lots 960 - 964
PROVENANCE;
Reputedly these chairs in the 18th century, formed part of the furnishings of Bar-Sur-Aube when it belonged to Madame De LA Motte-Valois. She gained notoriety in 1785 for being implicated in the celebrated case of the "Collier De La Reine", the theft of a fabulous diamond necklace belonging to Marie Antoinette.
PROVENANCE;
Reputedly these chairs in the 18th century, formed part of the furnishings of Bar-Sur-Aube when it belonged to Madame De LA Motte-Valois. She gained notoriety in 1785 for being implicated in the celebrated case of the "Collier De La Reine", the theft of a fabulous diamond necklace belonging to Marie Antoinette.