A matched pair of Napoleon III giltwood rope stools mid-19th century, in the manner of Fournier

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 USD

bidding is closed

Description

height 19 1/4 in.; diameter 18 1/2 in.
40 cm; 47 cm

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, March 6, 1987, lot 524

Catalogue Note

An identical stool is illustrated, Jarry & Devinoy, Le Siège Français, Fribourg, 1973, p. 333, pl. 336. It, with a number of others, was delivered for the Chateau de Compiègne. Rope twist stools and chairs were the height of fashion during the Second Empire.