A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD CANAPE

Lot 62
09.02.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 40 000
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ID 892288
Lot 62 | A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD CANAPE
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD CANAPE

BY GEORGES JACOB, CIRCA 1775

Executed in two-tone gilding, the oval upholstered backrest flanked by fluted uprights in the form of quivers and foliate sprays, the curved sides continuing to square tapered fluted legs, covered in celadon velvet

33 in. (84 cm.) high; 80 1/4 in. (204 cm.) wide; 23 3/4 in. (60.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

Collection of Baron Alexis de Redé, hôtel Lambert, Paris; Sotheby's, Monaco, May 25-26 1975, lot 274.

Christie's, New York, October 23 1998, lot 148.

With Galerie Aveline, Paris.

The Collection of Dr. Alexandre Benchoufi; Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 2006, lot 141.



Literature

M. Baroli ed., Le Mobilier du XVIIIe Sicle en France et en Europe, Paris, 1991, p. 126.



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