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Description
Comprising one settee and eight armchairs, each with arched padded back and bowed seat centred by an oval cartouche depicting figures and animals in the manner of Aesop's Fables, the settee back with the oval cartouche flanked by ribbon-tied trophies, with ribbon-tied rosebud crestings and ribbon-edged frames on turned tapering stop-fluted legs, each with pressed metal label 'HALTON COLLECTION'.
The tapestry 18th Century, the frames 19th Century
Settee height 105cm, width 185cm, depth 80cm; armchairs height 96cm, width 62cm, depth 62cm
Provenance-+
Lionel de Rothschild, Esq., O.B.E., 18 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8
Christie's, London, 27-29 April 1942, lot 138
Details
Country of Origin
Date of Manufacture
18th/19th Century
Period
Style
Animal / Animalier, Figurative Art, Floral, Genre, Louis XVI, Romantic
Materials
Giltwood, Tapestry, Upholstery
Colour
Dimensions
Height
105 cm / 41.3 inches
Width
185 cm / 72.8 inches
Depth
80 cm / 31.5 inches
Reference:
013179