Description: A fine French Régence period, carved, walnut and needlepoint fauteuil. The rectangular arched padded back and seat covered in close, nailed gros and petite point needlework (not original to the fauteuil), the back with a central strap work cartouche depicting Susanna and the Elders within a landscape with a fountain, against a floral ground, the out scrolled arms above a seat centering a floral cartouche, on foliate carved cabriole legs joined by a carved X-form stretcher ending in hoof feet.
Vetted Antique Shows/Fairs
The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show, New York, NY, 2008
Palm Beach | America’s International Fine Art and Antiques Fair, West Palm Beach, FL, 2007
Provenance
Paris, France
Private Collection w/ Segoura, Paris, France
Mary Helen McCoy Fine Antiques, Memphis, Tennessee
Stock Nr: 1211
Origin: Paris, France
Circa:
Fauteuil : 1715; Tapestry: 18th Century
Height:
46 ins.
Width:
31 ins.
Depth:
26 ins.
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