Live Auction 14193Robert de Balkany Rome & the Côte d'Azur
A SET OF FOUR FRENCH PARCEL-GILT AND CREAM-PAINTED STOOLS
Lot 323

A SET OF FOUR FRENCH PARCEL-GILT AND CREAM-PAINTED STOOLS

FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY SUPPLIED BY MAISON JANSEN

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 6,000

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A SET OF FOUR FRENCH PARCEL-GILT AND CREAM-PAINTED STOOLS
FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY SUPPLIED BY MAISON JANSEN
Each covered in green velvet applied with metal-thread bands, above a panelled frieze and tapering baluster legs joined by H-shaped stretchers
20 ¾ in. (53 cm.) high; 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) wide; 19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) deep

Probably from the Collection of Charles de Beistegui (1875-1970) at the hôtel rue de Constantine, Paris.

Specialist note

A bench very similar to this set is shown in an interior watercolour by Alexandre Serebriakoff (1907-1994), shown in the staircase of Charles de Beisteigui's house on the rue de Constantine, illustrated in A. Serebriakoff, 'Interiors', Paris, 1994, p. 15).