Live Auction 2273The William F. Reilly Collection
Christie’s roundel
Lot 2

A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS

CIRCA 1780

Closed14 October 2009

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USD 17,500

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
CIRCA 1780
Each with oval padded back and bowed loose cushion seat within a water leaf-carved frame covered in brown velvet with a cream linen slipcover, fluted circular tapering legs, regilt (2)

Property of a Southwestern Collector; Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 1994, lot 205.

Specialist note

The delicate leaf carving on the frames of these fauteuils relates to the work of Jean-Baptiste Lelarge III, maître in 1775.