A Louis XIV giltwood lit de repos circa 1700

the pierced arched backrest carved with acanthus leaves and C-scrolls linked by floral garlands, centering a monogram,  the rectangular frame carved with foliate motifs and strapwork, raised on tapered supports joined by leaf-carved S-stretchers.

'J.A.S.' sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, December 11, 1933, lot 99

Collection of Baronne Cassel van Doorn, sold, Palais Galliera, Paris, May 30, 1956, lot 114

Anonymous sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, June 20, 1961, lot 150

Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, November 12, 1981, lot 176

Very few daybeds of the Louis XIV period have survived.  A small number have been recorded including a comparable example with an arched backrest centering a monogram, sold from the collections of Baron de Redé and Baron Guy de Rothschild, Sotheby's, Monaco, May 25-26, 1975, lot 302.  A second comparable daybed formerly in the collection of Jacques Garcia was sold, Sotheby's, New York, October 27, 1990, lot 77.  A third example, formerly in the collection of Madame Lopez-Willshaw had been exhibited in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, 1960, 'Louis XIV Faste et Décor, no. 4; it was sold, Sotheby's, Monaco, May 26-27, 1980, lot 612.  A fourth example, lacking its headboard, is in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, illustrated, Molesworth & Kenworthy-Browne, Three Centuries of Furniture, New York, 1972, p. 62, pl. 86.