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A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD FAUTEUILS À LA REINE
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Each with cartouche shaped padded back within a conforming moulded frame centrally carved with scrolling foliage and flowerheads with padded scroll arms carved with acanthus on similarly carved incurved supports, with loose cushion seat above a similarly carved bowed seat rail on cabriole legs headed by cabochons and ending in foliate carved scroll sabots upholstered in ivory floral embroidered silk
Cf. a similar pair of chairs from the collection of Greta Garbo, sold Sotheby's New York. (2)
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Each with cartouche shaped padded back within a conforming moulded frame centrally carved with scrolling foliage and flowerheads with padded scroll arms carved with acanthus on similarly carved incurved supports, with loose cushion seat above a similarly carved bowed seat rail on cabriole legs headed by cabochons and ending in foliate carved scroll sabots upholstered in ivory floral embroidered silk
Cf. a similar pair of chairs from the collection of Greta Garbo, sold Sotheby's New York. (2)