DESIGNED BY SYRIE MAUGHAM, CIRCA 1930

This elegant chair, with its low serpentined frame, evokes the comfort of Parisian fauteuils of the early eighteenth century, of the type depicted in the famous Jean-François de Troy painting entitled La Lecture de Molièiere, painted in 1730 (sold from the collection of the Marquess of Cholmondeley, Houghton Hall, Norfolk; Christie's London, 8 December 1994, lot 147, £3,961,500).The design is attributed to Syrie Maugham, who worked in London and New York and was one of the most celebrated female decorators of the 20th century.