A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS À LA REINE IN THE MANNER OF LOUIS DELANOIS FRENCH, CIRCA 1875

each with a cartouche shaped backrest centered by a laurel swag, the padded armrests raised on swag-hung voluted supports, the seats with a guilloche carved frieze, raised on cabriole legs terminating in scrolled toes. Reupholstered.

Sold, Sotheby's New York, May 18, 1991, lot 92, $23,000

Overall in good condition with the usual minor scratches, dents and nicks consistent with age and use.
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The present model resembles a fauteuil by Delanois, made circa 1765-70, now in the permanent collection of the Metroplitain Museum of Art.