Live Auction 2868The Decorative Arts Sale
A PAIR OF DUTCH MAHOGANY FAUTEUILS
Lot 79

A PAIR OF DUTCH MAHOGANY FAUTEUILS

MID 18TH CENTURY

Closed5 October 2011

Price Realised

EUR 10,625

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

A PAIR OF DUTCH MAHOGANY FAUTEUILS
MID 18TH CENTURY
Each with canelled shaped rectangular back, arms and seat covered in pressed red velvet, the toprail centred by a rockwork clasp and carved with flowers and foliage, the seatrail centred by a scallop-shell (2)

Specialist note

The present fauteuils are related to the slightly larger giltwood stadhoudersstoelen or 'Stadholder's chairs', which were probably executed on the occasion of the visit of stadholder prince Willem V and his consort, princess Wilhelmina of Prussia to the city of Amsterdam in 1768. TH.H. Lunsingh Scheurleer, De stoel van de stadhouder, Oud Holland 63, 1948, pp. 200-201.