A pair of Louis XV parcel-gilt fauteuils à la reine mid-18th century, possibly Lyon

the cartouche-shaped backrest and serpentine-fronted seat rails carved with flowerheads and leaf tips; with contemporary Beauvais tapestry covers woven with bucolic scenes; parcel-gilt with traces of paint.

Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York

 

Tapestries appear to have been woven for chairs of this type. Considerable wear to surfaces of both chairs showing traces of old gilt also underneath of old paint; signs of old worm; several old repairs to legs, some losses to carving. One rear leg with significant worm and with old repair.
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A matching pair of fauteuils was sold from the Estate of Ogden Phipps, Sotheby's, New York, October 19, 2002, lot 119