A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD CANAPÉ (BETTER NAME FOR THIS SHAPE)

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A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD CANAPÉ (BETTER NAME FOR THIS SHAPE)
LATE 18TH CENTURY, STAMPED G + IACOB TWICE

With serpentine padded back and loose cushion seat within a panelled frame carved with piastres, berried laurel, acanthus and guilloche enclosing paterae, on circular tapering spiral-fluted legs headed by quivers and suspending garlands, on toupie ball feet, upholstered in pastel striped silk-60in. (152cm.) wide

Georges Jacob, maître in 1765

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