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A SET OF SIX EMPIRE MAHOGANY FAUTEUILS each with carved scrolling toprail, padded back and feet on scrolling tapering legs carved with foliage and headed by flowerheads with primrose yellow silk upholstery (6)

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A SET OF SIX EMPIRE MAHOGANY FAUTEUILS each with carved scrolling toprail, padded back and feet on scrolling tapering legs carved with foliage and headed by flowerheads with primrose yellow silk upholstery (6)

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Cf. an armchair with a similar profile by Jacob Desmalter, G. Janneau Le Mobilier Francais, Les Sieges, Paris 1967, p. 1 385. A set of six fauteuils by L.-F. Bellangé of grander form sold in these Rooms 12 April 1914, lot 63, had closely related toprails. Another pair of similar fauteuils with plain toprails stamped with the Chantilly inventory mark and the crowned monogram of Henri d'Orleans, Duc D'Aumale were sold in these Rooms 1 February 1973, lot 58

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