ID 819994
Lot 396 | A SET OF SIX LOUIS XV GILTWOOD CHAISES A LA REINE
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
BY NICOLAS-QUINIBERT FOLIOT, CIRCA 1740
Each with a cartouche-shaped back and serpentine caned seat with loose cushion on cabriole legs with scroll toes, carved overall with flowerheads and rocaille, stamped 'N.Q. Foliot' to back rail, together with a pair of matching chaises of recent manufacture, the modern chaises stamped 'L.X. Rossi', with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
38 3/4 in. (98.5 cm.) high, 23 in. (58.5 cm.) wide, 23 1/2 in. (60 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 4 December 1983, lot 104.
Barbara Piasecka Johnson; Christie's, London, 8 December 1994, lot 515.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
B.G.B. Pallot, L'Art du Siège au XVIIIe Siècle en France, Paris, 1987, p. 136.
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| Applied technique: | Upholstery |
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| Medium: | Giltwood, Textile |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Applied technique: | Upholstery |
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| Medium: | Giltwood, Textile |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
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