Lot Essay
This chair is a less elaborate version of one in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs illustrated in B.G.B Pallot, L'Art du Siège au XVIIIeme Siècle en France, 1987, p. 112.
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A RÉGENCE GILTWOOD FAUTEUIL
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With arched rectangular padded back, arms and bowed seat within a conforming frame, on cabriole legs headed by shells and acanthus ending in hoof feet, upholstered in floral silk (restorations)
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With arched rectangular padded back, arms and bowed seat within a conforming frame, on cabriole legs headed by shells and acanthus ending in hoof feet, upholstered in floral silk (restorations)
Provenance
Archer L. Huntington
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