A NAPOLEON III WALNUT ARMCHAIR

Lot 261
12.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1027630
Lot 261 | A NAPOLEON III WALNUT ARMCHAIR
Estimate value
$ 1 000 – 2 000
A NAPOLEON III WALNUT ARMCHAIR

CIRCA 1860

In the Renaissance style, the frame carved with guilloche motif and pierced scrolling cresting surmounted by a baronial crown and centered by a medallion carved with James de Rothschild’s monogram 'JR', the columnar baluster turned uprights issuing padded arms headed by masks and terminating in scrolls, on scrolling arm supports with grotesque masks, above a pierced apron, on turned tapering legs joined by an X-shaped stretcher, on casters, the padded back, seat and arms upholstered in blue velvet

54 in. (137 cm.) high, 24 ½ in. (62.5 cm.) wide, 27 in. (69 cm.) deep





Provenance

Baron James de Rothschild (1792 - 1868).

The Collection of the Rothschild family.

By descent to the present owners.
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