A LOUIS XVI POLYCHROME-PAINTED LEATHER AND GILTWOOD SEDAN CHAIR
CIRCA 1785
The domed gadrooned moulded cornice surmounted by turned finials, above a stiff-leaf carved frieze, the uprights carved with berried-husks, the panelled sides with ribbon, on a berried foliate-carved moulded plinth, the sides decorated with ribbon-tied garlands, putti, musical and martial trophies and with the coat-of-arms of the House of Orléans beneath an open coronet of fleur-de-lys to the door and reverse, the door with a glazed panel and enclosing a cut velvet-lined interior, lacking poles
70 in. (178 cm.) high; 29 in. (74 cm.) wide; 35¼ in. (89.5 cm.) deep
A LOUIS XVI POLYCHROME-PAINTED LEATHER AND GILTWOOD SEDAN CHAIR
CIRCA 1785
The domed gadrooned moulded cornice surmounted by turned finials, above a stiff-leaf carved frieze, the uprights carved with berried-husks, the panelled sides with ribbon, on a berried foliate-carved moulded plinth, the sides decorated with ribbon-tied garlands, putti, musical and martial trophies and with the coat-of-arms of the House of Orléans beneath an open coronet of fleur-de-lys to the door and reverse, the door with a glazed panel and enclosing a cut velvet-lined interior, lacking poles
70 in. (178 cm.) high; 29 in. (74 cm.) wide; 35¼ in. (89.5 cm.) deep
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