A PAIR OF EMPIRE MAHOGANY CANAPES

Lot 24
23.05.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
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£ 17 640
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Lot 24 | A PAIR OF EMPIRE MAHOGANY CANAPES
Valeur estimée
£ 15 000 – 25 000
A PAIR OF EMPIRE MAHOGANY CANAPES
ATTRIBUTED TO BERNARD MOLITOR, CIRCA 1815
The shaped back, arms and seat covered in emerald mohair velvet, flanked by lion monopodia arm-rests, one inscribed 'B. Dutailly' to the frame
38 1/8 in. (96.8 cm.) high; 76.5 in. (194.2 cm.) wide; 28 3/8 in. (72 cm.) deep




Provenance

Acquired by Général Nicolas-Antoine-Xavier de Castella de Berlens (1767-1830), for the château de Wallenried, near Fribourg, Switzerland, circa 1820.
By descent to his son Rodolphe de Castella de Berlens (d. 1890).
By descent to the Delley family, until the château was sold in 1995.
Acquired by the present owner from Galerie Richard, Bevaix, Switzerland, in 2004.



Literature

G. de Diesbach, 'Un nid de souvenirs en Suisse', Connaissance des Arts, no. 192, February 1968, pp. 64 and 65 (illustrated in the Grand Salon at the chateau de Wallenried).
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