A NAPOLEON III GILTWOOD AND NEEDLEWORK UPHOLSTERED LOW FAUTEUIL

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A NAPOLEON III GILTWOOD AND NEEDLEWORK UPHOLSTERED LOW FAUTEUIL
THE FOLIATE-CARVED CHANNELLED RAIL WITH A NEEDLEWORK UPHOLSTERED BACK DEPICTING FLOWERS WITH PART-UPHOLSTERED ARMS, ON SCROLLED CHANNELLED SHAPED SUPPORTS, ABOVE A SERPENTINE FRONTED SEAT AND A ROCAILLE CARVED RAIL, ON FOLIATE-CAPPED CHANNELLED SHORT CABRIOLE LEGS WITH BRASS CASTORS, STAMPED LEXELLENT
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PLEASE NOTE: THE CHAIR IS STAMPED 'LEXELLENT' AND THE CASTORS ARE STAMPED 'HOWARD AND SONS, LONDON'

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EDMOND LEXCELLENT WAS BORN IN PARIS 1834 AND WORKED AT 46, RUE DE CHARENTON IN 1867 UNTIL HE MOVED TO 8, RUE BREGUET WHERE HE WORKED UNTIL 1928. HE EXHIBITED AT THE UNIVERSAL EXHIBITIONS OF 1855, 1865 AND 1889 AND WON AWARDS ON ALL THREE OCCASIONS.

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