ID 1027670
Lot 381 | A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BERGERE A OREILLES
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
POSSIBLY BY GEORGES JACOB, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The serpentine guilloche and rope-twist carved top rail centered by a medallion with 'M.A' cipher, above a padded back, arms and loose cushion covered in crimson and floral appliqué velvet, downswept supports with a hanging floral garland, the seat frame with rope-twist carving punctuated by pearls, on acanthus headed turned fluted tapering legs headed by paterae on toupie feet
45 in. (114 cm.) high, 29 in. (74 cm.) wide, 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
B. Pallot, Furniture Collections in the Louvre, Dijon, 1993, vol. II.
U. Leben, 'An Armchair And Folding Screen for the Comte d ’Artois at Bagatelle', Furniture History, vol. 43, 2007.
| Medium: | Giltwood, Textile, Velvet |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
| Medium: | Giltwood, Textile, Velvet |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
| Address of auction |
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