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A ROYAL LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD FAUTEUIL

Lot 16
07.07.2022 17:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 400 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 791820
Lot 16 | A ROYAL LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD FAUTEUIL
Estimate value
£ 400 000 – 600 000
A ROYAL LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD FAUTEUIL

BY GEORGES JACOB, SUPPLIED FOR THE PETIT APPARTEMENT DE LA REINE AT THE CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES, CIRCA 1788, GILT IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Carved overall with palmette motifs à l'étrusque, the arched back above heart-shape and pearl and husk-fluted arms terminating in scrolling foliate and rosette scrolls on downsweeping channelled and beaded supports supported by semi-columns surmounted by rosettes, the seat-rail conformingly carved, on stop-fluted turned and tapering legs wrapped with foliate collars and headed by palmettes, the padded back, seat and arms upholstered in associated pale green silk, stamped 'G IACOB', later gilt in the early 19th century, with losses revealing the original white and grey-painted decoration underneath

37. 3⁄4 in. (96 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 25 in. (64 cm.) deep





Provenance

Delivered in 1788 to Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, for the chambre à coucher of the petit appartement de la Reine, château de Versailles.

Sold during the Revolutionary sale on 27 December 1793 (7 frimaire An II) to Citoyen Dumont for 3000 livres.

Private Collection.



Literature

M. Jallut, 'Les cabinets intérieurs et petits appartements de Marie-Antoinette', Gazette des Beaux-Arts, mai 1964.

D. Meyer, Exhibition catalogue Cinq années d'enrichissement du Patrimoine National, Paris, 1980.

C. Baulez, C. Constans, S. Hoog, D. Meyer, 'Meubles royaux récemment acquis à Versailles (1985-1989)', Revue du Louvre, 1990, no. 2.

C. Baulez, 'Tabouret de pied pour la chambre à coucher de la reine Marie-Antoinette à Versailles', Revue du Louvre, 1992, no. 3.

P. Arizzoli-Clémentel, Le Mobilier de Versailles XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, 2002, vol. I, no. 73, p. 284-89.



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