ID 1027439
Lot 48 | A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV GILT WALNUT FAUTEUILS A LA REINE
Estimate value
$ 500 000 – 800 000
BY LOUIS DELANOIS, CIRCA 1770
Each top rail crested by a ribbon-tied floral garland above shoulders with acanthus clasps and a lower rail centered by twin flowerheads, the uprights decorated with a scroll, issuing foliate arms terminating in acanthus-wrapped scrolls on downswept scrolling supports issuing a floral spray, the seat-rail carved with lambs-tongue motif and centered by an acanthus leaf flanked by scrolls and floral trails, on cabriole legs headed by rosettes above a stiff-leaf collar and fluting, terminating in acanthus leaf-wrapped scrolling feet, the padded back, seat and arms upholstered à chassis in red silk velvet, each stamped 'L. DELANOIS' once on the back seat-rail and once on the back à chassis, one arm inscribed in pencil '... ... octobr(?)e 1853', one fauteuil inscribed in black pen 'No 2', one fauteuil with label inscribed 'B10', both fauteuils with inscription in pencil 'TC'
42 in. (108 cm.) high, 33 in. (84 cm.) wide, 32 ¼ in. (82 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
P. Verlet, La Maison du XVIIIe siècle français, Paris, 1966, pl. 94.
S. Eriksen, Early neo-classicism in France, 1974, p. 334, pl. 156.
B.G.B. Pallot, L'Art du siège au XVIIIe siècle en France, Tours, 1987, pp. 180-181.
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
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