A Régence beechwood fauteuil à la reine circa 1715

the padded backrest with serpentine top rail centered by a coat-of-arms, padded armrests on voluted supports, the serpentine seat rails carved with shell motifs and raised on leaf-carved cabriole legs.



One rail inscribed in black ink L4243

Possibly made for Jacques-Bertrand Scépeaux, marquis de Beaupréau (1704-1778)

Private collector, sold, Christie's, New York, May 24, 2001, lot 92

The overall design and carved elements on the present lot can be compared with an armchair in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, illustrated, Bill G.B. Pallot, L’art du siège au XVIII siècle en France, Paris, 1987, p. 112.  Another similar model is illustrated, Jarry & Devinoy, Le Siège Français, 1973, fig. 45.  Comparable chairs which have appeared on the international art market include one sold, Sotheby's, Monaco, June 18, 1989, lot 845, and a pair, formerly in the collection of Lady Baillie, Leeds Castle, sold, Sotheby's, New York, November 6, 1982, lot 191.