A Régence style carved giltwood fauteuil

Winston Guest
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, December 2, 1967, lot 128

With scattered age and construction cracks. Scattered minor losses and abrasions to carving, some now restored. Scattered losses and some lifting to gesso throughout. Probably regilt, gilding now with losses, rubbing and surface dirt. Some minor scattered areas with recently refreshed gilding; not extensive. Legs blocked, feet formerly with casters. In good overall condition.
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This chair relates to the celebrated set delivered circa 1710-1720 for Pierre Crozat, part of which is now in the Louvre, see Bill Pallot, Furniture Collections in the Louvre, Vol. II, Dijon, 1993, pp. 32-35.

Please see page 228 for an additional illustration of this lot.