A PAIR OF REGENCE GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS

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$ 50 000
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13.10.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 339 | A PAIR OF REGENCE GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
A PAIR OF REGENCE GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS

CIRCA 1720

Each with serpentine top rail centered by a ducal crown above a coat of arms with a vair field flanked by scrolling foliate motifs against a trellis background, the uprights centered by interlaced branches, issuing arms terminating in scrolling flowerheads on downswept supports decorated with strapwork, the serpentine channeled seat-rail centered by a scroll, on cabriole legs carved with foliate trails, on peg feet, the padded back seat and arms upholstered in red velvet

46 in. (117 cm.) high, 27 in. (69 cm.) wide, 33 in. (84 cm.) deep





Provenance

The Collection of the Rothschild family.

By descent to the present owners.



Literature

C. Frégnac and J. Wilhelm, Belles Demeures de Paris, 16e - 19e siècle, 1997, p. 82.

C. de Nicolay-Mazery, Private Houses of France, Paris, 2014, p. 286.
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