Live Auction 17442The Desmarais Collection: A pied-à-terre in New York
A PAIR OF FRENCH GILTWOOD AND BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY TABOURETS
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A PAIR OF FRENCH GILTWOOD AND BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY TABOURETS

THE BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY PANELS EMPIRE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE FRAMES LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH GILTWOOD AND BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY TABOURETS
THE BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY PANELS EMPIRE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE FRAMES LATE 19TH CENTURY
The tapestry panels each with a central roundel within anthemia and floral garlands, the frames with black painted M74A and M74B respectively, one with printed label 82 and pencil 84
19 ½ in. (50 cm.) high, 24 in. (61 cm.) wide, 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) deep

Acquired from Steinitz, Paris, 1998.

Specialist note

Two pairs of stools with very closely related Empire Beauvais tapestry and also on later frames were sold from The Cholmondeley Family and the Late Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., from Houghton; Christie’s, London, 8 December 1994, lots 75 and 76. Another pair was sold anonymously, Christie’s, New York, 23 October 2018, lot 323 ($47,500).