A PAIR OF ROYAL LOUIS XVI OCHRE AND BLUE-PAINTED FAUTEUILS
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A PAIR OF ROYAL LOUIS XVI OCHRE AND BLUE-PAINTED FAUTEUILS

CIRCA 1775

Fermé9 April 2019

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A PAIR OF ROYAL LOUIS XVI OCHRE AND BLUE-PAINTED FAUTEUILS
CIRCA 1775
Each with arched rectangular back, arms and bowed seat, the frame carved overall, the toprail flanked by ball finials, the scrolled arms with acanthus-carved terminals, on reeded tapering legs headed by rosettes, with royal chateaux marks 'VV' for Versailles and 'R' under a crown for Rambouillet and with ink inventory numbers 'HH,' '989', 'HH' and '990' and with further indistinct ink inventory marks

Château de Versailles.
Château de Rambouillet.

Note du spécialiste

In the absence of further inventory numbers, it has not been possible to identify the original placement of these chairs at Versailles and Rambouillet.