A SET OF FOUR EMPIRE STYLE GRAY-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TABOURETS
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A SET OF FOUR EMPIRE STYLE GRAY-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TABOURETS

THE FRAMES CIRCA 1900, THE AUBUSSON TAPESTRY COVERS BEAUVAIS, CIRCA 1800

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A SET OF FOUR EMPIRE STYLE GRAY-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TABOURETS
THE FRAMES CIRCA 1900, THE AUBUSSON TAPESTRY COVERS BEAUVAIS, CIRCA 1800
17 in. (43 cm.) high, 24 in. (61 cm.) wide, 16 in. (40.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Sir Edward Sassoon, Bt.
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., 25 Park Lane, W.1., recorded on the landing balcony, 1939.
George, Earl of Rocksavage, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley, GCVO; Christie's, London, 8 December 1994, lot 75 and lot 76.
Literature
G. Worsley, 'Houghton', Country Life, 4 March 1993, p. 53, fig. 9 (a pair illustrated in situ in the White Drawing Room).
Exhibited
London, 25 Park Lane, W.1., Three French Reigns, February 21-April 5th 1933, no. 23 (Catalogue, p. 11-a pair).
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