Lot Essay
Augustin Forschmann, called Ferchemenn, mâitre in 1773.
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CIRCA 1780, ATTRIBUTED TO AUGUSTIN FORSCHMANN
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SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD CHAISES
CIRCA 1780, ATTRIBUTED TO AUGUSTIN FORSCHMANN
Each with a carved crest of a ribbon-tied sheaf of wheat above carved trailing bellflowers and floral-carved down-scrolled arms, on a shaped gadroon and leaf-carved seat rail and leaf-carved tapering fluted legs, covered in floral-patterned light gray silk, and additional numbers to the chaises
34 in. (86 cm.) high, 16½ in. (42 cm.) height of seat, 15½ in. (39.5 cm.) depth of seat, 18 in. (46 cm.) wide (4)
CIRCA 1780, ATTRIBUTED TO AUGUSTIN FORSCHMANN
Each with a carved crest of a ribbon-tied sheaf of wheat above carved trailing bellflowers and floral-carved down-scrolled arms, on a shaped gadroon and leaf-carved seat rail and leaf-carved tapering fluted legs, covered in floral-patterned light gray silk, and additional numbers to the chaises
34 in. (86 cm.) high, 16½ in. (42 cm.) height of seat, 15½ in. (39.5 cm.) depth of seat, 18 in. (46 cm.) wide (4)
Provenance
Comte Henri de Beaumont, Rome