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A pair of Louis XV walnut fauteuils
Each with a cartouche-shaped padded back, arms and serpentine-fronted seat covered in petit point needlework, depicting various animals framed in flowering foliage, the frame channelled overall, the toprail centred by flower-heads above the arms with scroll terminals and cabriole arm supports, the waved seat-rail centred by a floral spray and in cabriole legs and toupie feet, the seat-rail indistinctly stamped, restorations (2)
Each with a cartouche-shaped padded back, arms and serpentine-fronted seat covered in petit point needlework, depicting various animals framed in flowering foliage, the frame channelled overall, the toprail centred by flower-heads above the arms with scroll terminals and cabriole arm supports, the waved seat-rail centred by a floral spray and in cabriole legs and toupie feet, the seat-rail indistinctly stamped, restorations (2)
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