Lot Essay
Its antique scrolled form, tablet back and palm-scrolled arms relates to that of an armchair displayed in the Shchusev Museum, Moscow (see A. Chenevière, Russian Furniture, London 1988, fig. 228).
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A SET OF FOUR RUSSIAN MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT FAUTEUILS, each with scrolled tablet back with foliate and anthemion-enriched triangular pediment and foliate-carved base, the anthemion-headed scrolled stiff-leaf arms above a drop-in seat covered in close-cut green velvet lozenge-pattern material upon splayed tapering legs, early 19th Century, restorations and regilt, variously inscribed and with depository label LE GARDE MEUBLE PUBLIC/ 18 Rue Saint Augustin 72642 BEDEL & CIE (4)
Details
A SET OF FOUR RUSSIAN MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT FAUTEUILS, each with scrolled tablet back with foliate and anthemion-enriched triangular pediment and foliate-carved base, the anthemion-headed scrolled stiff-leaf arms above a drop-in seat covered in close-cut green velvet lozenge-pattern material upon splayed tapering legs, early 19th Century, restorations and regilt, variously inscribed and with depository label LE GARDE MEUBLE PUBLIC/ 18 Rue Saint Augustin 72642 BEDEL & CIE (4)
Provenance
The Grand Duke of Russia, brother of Tsar Nicolas, Villa Kasbeck, Avenue du Roi Albert, Cannes.