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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GRAY-PAINTED BANQUETTES

Lot 76
12.12.2024 16:00UTC -05:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1345054
Lot 76 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GRAY-PAINTED BANQUETTES
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GRAY-PAINTED BANQUETTES
BY ADRIEN-PIERRE DUPAIN, CIRCA 1775
Each with scrolling ends with buttoned crimson velvet upholstery, the rectangular seats with loose cushion covered in floral embroidered silk, the ends carved with acanthus and rosettes on splayed legs with hoof feet, one stamped once AP DUPAIN and twice JME, the other stamped four times AP DUPAIN, and three times JME, with later casters
33 in. (84 cm.) high




Provenance

Paul Dutasta; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 4 June 1926, lot 125.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 4 November 1989, lot 270.



Exhibited

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sixth International C.I.N.O.A. Exhibition, 19 October 1974 - 3 January 1975, cat. 237.
Medium:Wood
Historical era:Period of Louis XVI
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Chairs
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