BY ANTOINE GAILLIARD, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A Louis XVI giltwood fauteuil a la reine
BY ANTOINE GAILLIARD, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The oval padded back, arms and bow-fronted seat covered in close-nailed cream silk with stitched pattern, on turned tapering spirally-fluted legs, the seat rail stamped A GAILLIARD

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Lot Essay

Antoine Gailliard maítre on 19 September 1781.
Gailliard was a cabinetmaker in Paris through the last quarter of the 18th century untill the last years of the Empire. He worked mainly in Louis XVI style and was especially known for his fine chairs and fauteuils, for which he recieved numerous prestigeous assignments.
For a comparable chair see Seymour De Ricci, Der Stil Louis XVI, Mobilär und Raumkunst (Stuttgart 1913), p.246

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