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Lot Essay
These chairs are in a remarkable state of preservation still retaining what appears to be their original webbing. They were undoubtedly commissioned for a Baroque Palazzo and would have been placed around the walls of the 'Rooms of Parade'. It is probable that they remained in the original collection for which they were commissioned until the early 20th century.
With their herm-tapered pilaster legs tied by wave-scrolled stretchers centred by an urn-stand these chairs reflect the influence of the Louis Quatorze Roman fashion popularized by Jean Le Pautre (d.1682) and his engraved Oeuvres such as: Les Cabinets, Livre de Lit a la Romaine, and Livre de Miroirs, Tables et Gueridons.
A related Louis XIV carved giltwood armchair originally from the collection of Baron Gustave de Rothischild and then acquired from Galerie Maurice Ségoura, Paris until sold Sotheby's London, 7 December 2000, lot 76, £21,200.
With their herm-tapered pilaster legs tied by wave-scrolled stretchers centred by an urn-stand these chairs reflect the influence of the Louis Quatorze Roman fashion popularized by Jean Le Pautre (d.1682) and his engraved Oeuvres such as: Les Cabinets, Livre de Lit a la Romaine, and Livre de Miroirs, Tables et Gueridons.
A related Louis XIV carved giltwood armchair originally from the collection of Baron Gustave de Rothischild and then acquired from Galerie Maurice Ségoura, Paris until sold Sotheby's London, 7 December 2000, lot 76, £21,200.