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A pair of Directoire brass-mounted mahogany chairs, late 18th century

Auction Closed

October 13, 06:27 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

A pair of Directoire b♑rass-mounted mahogany chairs, late 18th century


height 34 in.; 86,5 cm.


(2)

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Paire de chaises en acajou et monture de laiton d'époq♏ue Directoire, fin du XVIIIe siècle


height 34 in.; 86,5 cm.


(2)

Jeremy Ltd., London, 1978;

Sotheby's New York, Important European Decorative Arts, 9 June 2014, lot 103.

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Jeremy Ltd., Londres, 1978;

Sotheby's New York, Important European Decorative Arts, 9 juin 2014, lot 103.

A nearly identical example with griffin heads instead of diamond mounts at the knees and slightly different front feet is illustrated in Pierre Devinoy, et. al., Le siège en France du Moyen Age à nos jours, Paris, 1948, pls. 271, 273. A set of twelve ebonized chairs copied after this model, commissioned by Micheline Lerner from Jansen in Paris in 1971, was sold Sotheby's New York, 24 April 2013, lot 62.