Lot Essay
A closely related fauteuil, supplied to Cardinal Fesch, Napoléon I's uncle, is illustrated in Léon de Groér, Les Arts Décoratifs de 1790 à 1850, Fribourg, 1985, p. 132, fig. 242.
Various Properties
A PAIR OF EMPIRE WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FAUTEUILS, each with rectangular panelled padded back, arms and seat covered in close-nailed florally-patterned material on a blue ground, the stiff-leaf-headed arms terminating in lioness-masks above a scroll base, on ring-turned tapering legs (2)
Details
A PAIR OF EMPIRE WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FAUTEUILS, each with rectangular panelled padded back, arms and seat covered in close-nailed florally-patterned material on a blue ground, the stiff-leaf-headed arms terminating in lioness-masks above a scroll base, on ring-turned tapering legs (2)