A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BERGERE A OREILLES

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13.10.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 381 | A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BERGERE A OREILLES
A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BERGERE A OREILLES

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.
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