A Louis XVI style cream painted child's fauteuil

with a ribbon-carved and moulded frame, the padded oval back, padded arms and stuffed seat on fluted turned tapering legs

Olive, Lady Baillie, Lowndes House, London, recorded in Lady Baillie's Bedroom

This could be one of:
Two Petits fauteuils Epoque Louis XVI dossier forme coeur, bois laque nombreaux motifs sculptes (feuillages rubans) upholstered moire turquoise Wagner 20.7.64  £662 (see also lot 59). 

In overall good condition. The back is slightly wobbly as there are some old minor repairs to the rear where there are construction cracks which need filling. There is also an old very minor repair to the base of the back of the rear ....which would benefit from some minor attention. The paint is worn and chipped in places as visible from the photograph which can easily be touched up.
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