ID 1027712
Lot 301 | A NAPOLEON III NEEDLEPOINT-UPHOLSTERED SLIPPER CHAIR
Estimate value
$ 4 000 – 6 000
CIRCA 1860
Upholstered in floral needlepoint, the back centered by an oval medallion with a crowned 'R', the back upholstered in crimson damask, with elaborate tasseled fringe and passementerie, on turned tapering fluted legs terminating in brass caps and castors, the back two legs extended
35 ½ in. (90 cm.) high, 20 in. (51 cm.) wide, 27 in. (68.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Baron James de Rothschild (1792-1868), Salon Louis XVI, in the Château de Ferrières, Seine-et-Marne.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
‘Château de fêtes du temps des crinolines : Ferrières’, Plaisir de France, December 1969, pp. 69, no. 373.C. de Nicolay-Mazery, Visites privées, hôtels particuliers de Paris, Paris, 1999, p. 18.
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
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