Live Auction 16214Rooms as Portraits: Michael S. Smith, Eaton Square, London
A GERMAN GILTWOOD AND SAVONNIERE STOOL
Lot 47

A GERMAN GILTWOOD AND SAVONNIERE STOOL

THE STOOL PROBABLY WURZBERG, MID-18TH CENTURY, THE SAVONNERIE LOUIS XIII AND CIRCA 1660

Closed12 September 2018

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A GERMAN GILTWOOD AND SAVONNIERE STOOL
THE STOOL PROBABLY WURZBERG, MID-18TH CENTURY, THE SAVONNERIE LOUIS XIII AND CIRCA 1660
Now with a rectangular seat, the rails centred by rockwork cartouches and carved with foliage, C-scrolls and dracos, on foliate cabriole legs, with blue chalk inscription 54836
22 in. (56 cm.) high; 40 in. (102 cm.) wide; 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep

With Albrecht Neuhaus, Wurzburg.
Acquired from Maurice Segoura, Paris.
A Rococo Fantasy, Treasures from a Bavarian Collection; sold Christie's, London, 6 November, 2008, lot 66.

Specialist note

The Residenz in Würzburg was the seat of the princely bishop Friedrich Carl von Schönborn from 1735 and the centre for stylistic develpments in the decorative arts for the whole region of Franken. The extravagant carving of the frame of this stool, featuring shells, foliage and dragons (or draco) is characteristic of the style of work that contributed to the spectacular interiors at The Residenz, and was thus popularised more widely.