A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV WHITE-PAINTED FAUTEUILS A LA REINE

CIRCA 1735

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A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV WHITE-PAINTED FAUTEUILS A LA REINE
Circa 1735
Each arched padded back above a bowed padded seat, covered in beige silk, on acanthus-sheathed scrolled cabriole legs and octagonal pad feet (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's Monaco, 17 June 1988, lot 644.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's Monaco, 15 June 1996, lot 187.

Lot Essay

With their distinctive pieds en rouleaux, this suite of seat-furniture typifies the transitional style between Regence and early Louis XV menuiserie (cf. B. Pallot, L'Art du Siège en XVIIIe Siècle en France, Paris, 1987, p.110)

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