SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO LEO VON KLENZE

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A PAIR OF GERMAN WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT ARMCHAIRS
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO LEO VON KLENZE
Each with rectangular padded back, armrests and bow-front seat covered in yellow striped silk, the scrolled panelled tablet toprail, above panelled uprights with scrolling foliage to the sides terminating into a volute, the armrests on baluster-shaped supports headed by a sphere and terminating in lotusleaves, on sabre backlegs and baluster-shaped legs headed by lotus leaves (2)

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Lot Essay

This pair of armchairs is comparable to a design by Leo von Klenze (1784-1864) executed for the Dining-Room of the Königsbau in Münich in 1834-35. The carved uprights terminating in a volute, just above the seatrail and the carved sides of the uprights are features Von Klenze used in his designs for seat-furniture.
Von Klenze was the court-architect of Louis I of Bavaria, for whom he built the Königsbau. Von Klenze also was the interior-designer for the Royal Appartments of this Neocassical building. B. Langer, H. Ottomeyer and A. Württemberg, Die Möbel der Residenz München, part III, München - New York 1997, pp. 284-285.
Similair chairs are shown In Situ in the Speisesaal of Villa Ludwigshöhe near Edenkoben. Christoph Hölz, Interieurs der Goethezeit, Ausburg,1999, p. 137

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