A Pair of Italian Neoclassical Painted and Parcel-Gilt Mahogany Settees Circa 1810, after a design by Percier and Fontaine

The Percier and Fontaine design, incorporates not only identical lion-carved supports, but also nearly identical turned and leaf-carved back supports and fringe beneath the seat rail, see plate 6, Recueil de Décorations Intérieures, Comprenant Tout Ce Qui a rapport a l'ameublement, Paris, 1827, inscribed Fauteuil et Vases éxécutés à Paris dans la Maison du C.D***

Another settee, identical but with different frieze mount, is illustrated in the Collection of Mario Praz, Rome in S. Grandjean, Empire Furniture, London, 1966, fig. 72.