Live Auction 1555European Noble & Private Collections Including Fine Tapestries Part I
A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV GREY-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CANAPES
Lot 205 PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN

A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV GREY-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CANAPES

CIRCA 1740

Closed30 September 2014

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A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV GREY-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CANAPES
CIRCA 1740
Each with padded back, arms and seat upholstered in duchesse satin applied with 18th century polychrome silk and silver-thread embroidery, on cabriole legs, traces of earlier yellow, green and black decoration, the embroidery re-applied
30 ¾ in. (78 cm.) high; 59 ½ in. (151 cm.) wide

Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., 25 Park Lane, W.1., recorded in the Boudoir in 1939.
By descent to his sister Sybil, Marchioness of Cholmondeley, Houghton Hall, Norfolk.
Thence by descent to the Marquess of Cholmondeley, sold Works of Art from Houghton, Christie's London, 8 December 1994, lot 66.
Anonymous Collection Sale, The Gothick Pavilion, Christie's London, 26 January 2011, lot 375.