THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS of Louis XV style, each with ribbon-tied arched cartouche-shaped padded back surmounted by a scrolled acanthus and rockwork cresting, covered in close-nailed Brussels tapestry panels depicting scenes from Aesop's fables within a floral border of peonies, tulips and other flowers, the scrolled arms supported by upspringing acanthus, above a pierced shaped seat-rail with central foliate spray within a C-shaped cartouche flanked by rosettes upon a hatched ground, on acanthus and C-scroll-headed cabriole legs and scroll feet, one with printed label 572 and with inscriptions to the seat-rail no.V1 and V, the upholstery worn, restorations (2)
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A PAIR OF GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS of Louis XV style, each with ribbon-tied arched cartouche-shaped padded back surmounted by a scrolled acanthus and rockwork cresting, covered in close-nailed Brussels tapestry panels depicting scenes from Aesop's fables within a floral border of peonies, tulips and other flowers, the scrolled arms supported by upspringing acanthus, above a pierced shaped seat-rail with central foliate spray within a C-shaped cartouche flanked by rosettes upon a hatched ground, on acanthus and C-scroll-headed cabriole legs and scroll feet, one with printed label 572 and with inscriptions to the seat-rail no.V1 and V, the upholstery worn, restorations (2)