A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILTWOOD STOOLS, NOW FITTED WITH CHINESE LACQUER PANELS
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILTWOOD STOOLS, NOW FITTED WITH CHINESE LACQUER PANELS

THE FRAMES MID-18TH CENTURY, THE ASSOCIATED PANELS 19TH CENTURY

Closed9 February 2023

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GBP 12,600

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILTWOOD STOOLS, NOW FITTED WITH CHINESE LACQUER PANELS
THE FRAMES MID-18TH CENTURY, THE ASSOCIATED PANELS 19TH CENTURY
With serpentine rails with trailing foliage and rocaille decoration raised on cabriole legs, the mother-of-pearl inlaid panels heightened in gilt depicting birds in flight and various blossoms, highlighted with mother-of-pearl, on a black ground, both with red ink inventory number '1995-57-12A', one with white paper label inscribed in black in '3335'
14 in. (36 cm.) high; 30 1/2 in. (77.5 cm.) wide; 16 1/2 in. (42 cm.) deep

The frames, de-accessioned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, sold, Sotheby's, New York, 24-25 October 2002, lot 1330 (without lacquer panels).
The Collection of Dr. Alexandre Benchoufi; Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 2006, lot 14 ($54,000).

Specialist note

Dr. Alexandre Benchoufi worked closely with the renowned interior designer Jacques Garcia, who would have almost certainly sought out and installed the panels to make these stool-frames into coffee tables.