SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY DRESDEN

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A GERMAN PARCEL-GILT AND PAINTED FAUTEUIL
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY DRESDEN
The cartouche-shaped back, padded arms and serpentine-fronted seat covered in polychrome foliate-pattern fabric, the channelled frame intricately carved with flowerheads and trailing foliage, the cresting centred by an asymmetric stylised shell, the arms with out-scrolled acanthus terminals on supports carved with foliate trails, the front rail centred by an asymmetric shell cartouche flanked by a wing and trailing foliage, above shell-headed cabriole legs terminating in scroll feet, one back leg with restored break

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Lot Essay

This impressive fauteuil, almost certainly executed in Dresden, closely follows the mid-18th century rococo Court style of Frederick August II (d. 1763). Furniture-making in Dresden was strongly influenced by the French Louis XV style, which had been disseminated through the publication of ornamental prints, such as Juste-Aurele Meissonnier's Livre d'Ornaments et Dessins, and important acquisitions were made in Paris through agents, acting on behalf of the Elector but also his most powerful minister, Graf von Brühl. The wonderfully naturalistic rockwork and foliate carving of this fauteuil relates closely to the decoration of the impressive main doors Joseph Deibel carved for count Brühl's celebrated Stadtpalais in 1740 (now Staatliche Sammlungen, Dresden).

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