A SUITE OF LOUIS XVI GILT WALNUT AND BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY SEAT FURNITURE

Lot 6
07.02.2025 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 1357920
Lot 6 | A SUITE OF LOUIS XVI GILT WALNUT AND BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY SEAT FURNITURE
Valeur estimée
$ 60 000 – 100 000
A SUITE OF LOUIS XVI GILT WALNUT AND BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY SEAT FURNITURE
BY HENRI JACOB, CIRCA 1780
Comprising two canapés, two marquises and two fauteuils, each with a rectangular back, its molded frame carved with beading, the downscrolled arms with acanthus-carved supports, on turned and fluted legs, covered in Beauvais tapestry upholstery woven with large ribbon-tied bouquets in floral garland frames on a pale blue field, the canapés and one fauteuil each stamped H.JACOB, one canapé with an old label to its frame inscribed M. de Grefuhle (sic), the same canapé and one marquise each stenciled HENRY PENON AMEUBLEMENTS / PARIS / 32 Rue ABBATUCCI, the other canapé with an old label typewritten AMM 800, the other marquise inscribed 22 on its frame, the fauteuils inscribed 3 and 5, the marquises in gilt beechwood, the tapestry covers almost certainly original
38 ¾ in. (98.5 cm.) high, 70 ¼ in. (178.5 cm.) long, the canapés
34 in. (86.5 cm.) high, 35 ½ in. (90.5 cm.) wide, the marquises
35 in. (89 cm.) high, 23 ¾ in. (60.5 cm.) wide, the fauteuils




Provenance

Greffuhle Collection; Sotheby’s, London, 23 July 1937, lot 58 (a suite of thirty).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 23-24 June 1976, lot 179 (a suite of twenty).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 8 December 1995, lot 243 (a suite of eight comprising a pair of canapés, a pair of marquises, and four fauteuils).
A Private Collection.



Literature

P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIème siècle, Paris, 1998, pp. 436-440.
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