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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BERGERES

Lot 415
13.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 60 480
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1027657
Lot 415 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BERGERES
Estimate value
$ 25 000 – 40 000
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BERGERES

BY SULPICE BRIZARD, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Each with arched, rectangular padded back, arms and squab-cushion covered in ribbon-tied floral tapestry on an ivory silk ground, with guilloche carved frame above a pair of scrolled channeled arms with husk-trails and beading on fluted tapering legs headed by acanthus, each stamped 'S. BRIZARD', each with paper label inscribed 'SALON / VERT' and inscribed in black paint 'R 7777 a' and 'R 7777 b' respectively, one with further paper label inscribed '1041', the other with paper label inscribed '1400', further inscribed in black paint 'R. 315' and bearing pencil inscription 'BNE EDOUARD'

37 in. (94 cm.) high, 26 ¾ in. (68 cm.) wide, 24 ½ in. (62 cm.) deep





Provenance

Baron James de Rothschild (1792-1868), Salon Louis XVI, in the Château de Ferrières, Seine-et-Marne;

Baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905), Salon vert in hôtel Saint-Florentin, Paris;

Baronne Édouard de Rothschild, née Germaine Alice Halphen (1884-1975);

Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg following the Nazi occupation of France in May 1940 (ERR no. R 1777 a & b).

Recovered by the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Section

Returned to France on 13 November 1945 and restituted to the Rothschild family.

By descent to the present owners.



Literature

C. Frégnac and J. Wilhelm, Belles Demeures de Paris, 16e - 19e siècle, 1997, p. 75.



COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

F. de Salverte, Les ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1985, pl. VIII.
Medium:Giltwood
Historical era:Period of Louis XVI
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs
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