A fine pair of Charles X Giltwood Armchairs circa 1820, stamped L. Bellangé

Sold, Semenzato, March 14-15, 2000, lot 315

Structurally sound, in good overall condition. Color less orange and more natural than in the catalogue illustration. The gilding in good condition, rubbed in places. With isolated minor replacements.
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Louis-François Bellangé was the younger brother of Pierre-Antoine Bellangé.  Before the revolution he was a menuisier-ébéniste, his trade label announced: Bellangé Le Jne. Menuisier-Ebéniste et en bâtiment, rue du Faubourg-Saint Martin à Paris.  He supplied furniture to Napoleon I circa 1811.  Seat furniture and tables which he produced frequently incorporated carved lion's masks and supports similar to those on the offered armchairs.  A very similar set of seat furniture stamped L. Bellangé, with curved backrests and almost identical lions' head terminals and leaf-carved animal legs was sold, Christie's, London, June 12, 1997, lot 115.  Another suite, formerly in the collection of Madame Rosine Stern was sold, Ader, Paris, April 20, 1932.