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Pair of Directoire Mahogany Fauteuils, attributed to Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay (1759-1848; maĆ®tre 1784), Paris, France, c. 1795. The backward-scrolling stiles joined by a turned crest rail and conforming shaped tablet back intaglio-carved with geometric motifs surrounded by border of scallops containing fleur-de-lys, above the carved spandrels of a Gothic arcade with four free-standing baluster-turned spindles flanked by split baluster molding applied to stiles, which join the straight armrests raised on baluster-turned vertical supports on blocked base carved with reeded panels and single rosettes, connected by elliptic front rail of trapezoidal seat frame partially over-upholstered with later textured suede, raised on tapered forelegs terminating in toupie feet and saber legs at rear continuing from stiles, ht. 34 1/2, wd. 22 1/4, dp. 21 in. Seat ht. 15 1/2 in. Footnotes: Provenance The collection of Eric van Rooy. Galerie Wanecq, Paris, France, 22 March 2007. Literature Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier FranƧais du XVIIIe SiĆØcle, (Paris: Ćditions de l'Amateur, 1989), p. 248-9. Anne Forray-Carlier, Le Mobilier du MusĆ©e Carnavalet, (Dijon: Ćditions Faton, 2000), p. 198-9, 221-3. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Pair of Directoire Mahogany Fauteuils, attributed to Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay (1759-1848; maĆ®tre 1784), Paris, France, c. 1795. The backward-scrolling stiles joined by a turned crest rail and conforming shaped tablet back intaglio-carved with geometric motifs surrounded by border of scallops containing fleur-de-lys, above the carved spandrels of a Gothic arcade with four free-standing baluster-turned spindles flanked by split baluster molding applied to stiles, which join the straight armrests raised on baluster-turned vertical supports on blocked base carved with reeded panels and single rosettes, connected by elliptic front rail of trapezoidal seat frame partially over-upholstered with later textured suede, raised on tapered forelegs terminating in toupie feet and saber legs at rear continuing from stiles, ht. 34 1/2, wd. 22 1/4, dp. 21 in. Seat ht. 15 1/2 in. Footnotes: Provenance The collection of Eric van Rooy. Galerie Wanecq, Paris, France, 22 March 2007. Literature Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier FranƧais du XVIIIe SiĆØcle, (Paris: Ćditions de l'Amateur, 1989), p. 248-9. Anne Forray-Carlier, Le Mobilier du MusĆ©e Carnavalet, (Dijon: Ćditions Faton, 2000), p. 198-9, 221-3. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Tags: Fauteuil, Seat, Fauteuils, Panel