Lot 637
  • 637

A pair of Régence style giltwood marquises

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • height 38 1/2 in.; width 30 3/4 in.
  • 90 cm; 78 cm
covered with an 18th century tapestry fragment woven in wool and silk on a blue field, the serpentine frames carved with scrolling foliage, shell motifs and lattice-work.

Provenance

Mr. & Mrs. Willie James, West Dean Park, Sussex, thence by descent to:

Edward James, sold from his collection, Christie's, London, June 2, 1986, lot 87

Exhibited

Three French Reigns, 25 Park Lane, London, February 25 - April 5, 1933, no. 85, illustrated fig. 74.