A SUITE OF EMPIRE GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE MOUNTED WALNUT, EBONY AND EBONISED SEAT FURNITURE

Lot 41
21.09.2022 14:00UTC +00:00
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£ 63 000
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Lot 41 | A SUITE OF EMPIRE GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE MOUNTED WALNUT, EBONY AND EBONISED SEAT FURNITURE
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 80 000
A SUITE OF EMPIRE GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE MOUNTED WALNUT, EBONY AND EBONISED SEAT FURNITURE

CIRCA 1800-1810

Comprising two bergères and four fauteuils, each ebony-strung and inlaid overall, the scrolling toprail with inlaid roundel mounted with a Mercury mask and issuing stylised palmettes terminating in flowerheads centred by a pewter stamen, the padded back issuing palmette and acanthus-clasped arms terminating in winged sphinx supports, the padded seat on four tapering legs terminating in hoof feet with inset castors, the bergères with padded arms, each upholstered in a pale green cotton

36 1/2 in. (92 cm.) high; 27 1/4 in. (69 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61cm.) deep





Provenance

Maréchal Lefebvre (1755-1820) and thence by descent.



Literature

M. Jarry, Le Siège Français, Fribourg, 1973, p. 287.



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