PROBABLY 20TH CENTURY

Details

A FRENCH GILTWOOD BERGERE
PROBABLY 20TH CENTURY
The arched back carved with rope-twist motif above stiff-leaf border flanked by foliate finials, issuing arms with scroll terminals on supports with acanthus-wrapped scrolls, the seat-rail with stiff-leaf molding above a band of interlaced rosettes, the gadroon-collared tapering fluted legs headed by a rosette and terminating in foliate feet, the padded back, seat à chassis and arms covered in gilt-tooled tan leather, the back impressed with the coat of arms of Louis XVI, with two spurious stamps 'G.IACOB', the seat webbing inscribed in red chalk with '1036' beneath effaced '136'
43 in. (110 cm.) high, 32 in. (81.5 cm.) wide, 24 ½ in. (62.2 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIème Siècle, Paris, 1998.

Sale room notice

Please note the attribution of this lot should read: A FRENCH GILTWOOD BERGERE, PROBABLY 20TH CENTURY. The estimate for this lot is $10,000 to $15,000.

Conditions of sale

Lot Essay

Related fauteuils, incorporating a rope-twist border, guilloche frame with chutes de piastres flanked by foliate finials to the top rail are illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIème siècle, Paris, 1998, p. 418.

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