A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS A LA REINE BY LOUIS-CHARLES CARPENTIER CIRCA 1755 Each with cartouche-shaped padded back, arms and seat covered in coq de roche orange gauffre velvet, the sinuous channelled back carved with acanthus at the shoulders and centred by a scallop shell issuing trailing husks, the bottom of the uprights carved with a deep scroll by the seatrail, the reverse of the back incised with a shell and husk swags, flanked by curved armrests and outscrolled supports, above a shaped seatrail carved with cabochons and a central shell issuing trailing husks, on cabriole legs headed by neoclassical framed rosettes terminating in outscrolled feet, each backrail stamped 'L.C. CARPENTIER' 38 ¼ in. (97 cm.) high; 29 ¼ in. (74 cm.) wide; 35 ¾ in. (91 cm.) deep
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS A LA REINE BY LOUIS-CHARLES CARPENTIER CIRCA 1755 Each with cartouche-shaped padded back, arms and seat covered in coq de roche orange gauffre velvet, the sinuous channelled back carved with acanthus at the shoulders and centred by a scallop shell issuing trailing husks, the bottom of the uprights carved with a deep scroll by the seatrail, the reverse of the back incised with a shell and husk swags, flanked by curved armrests and outscrolled supports, above a shaped seatrail carved with cabochons and a central shell issuing trailing husks, on cabriole legs headed by neoclassical framed rosettes terminating in outscrolled feet, each backrail stamped 'L.C. CARPENTIER' 38 ¼ in. (97 cm.) high; 29 ¼ in. (74 cm.) wide; 35 ¾ in. (91 cm.) deep
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