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Regence Period Fauteuil

Offered by: Antiquario Villas and Cottages

Description
A hand-carved walnut open armchair with 'X' or flat curule-form stretchers joining its four legs; made during the period between the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV (1715-1723), when Philippe d'Orleans was Regent. Tablet-back crest rail and serpentine seat front.

More Information

Origin:	France
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	hand-carved walnut frame with old velvet upholstery
Condition:	Good. sturdy original finish frame, decades-old upholstery
Creation Date:	c.1720
Styles / Movements:	Régence, Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	1204 LEB
Incollect Reference #:	379438

Dimensions

W.	28 in;	H.	42.5 in;	D.	25 in;
W.	71.12 cm;	H.	107.95 cm;	D.	63.5 cm;

Seat H.	16.5 in;
Seat H.	41.91 cm;

Message from Seller:

Period furniture and decoration spanning four centuries and three continents, galleried in a 1754 National Register of Historic Places house in Woodbury; Connecticut's long established "Antiques Capital”. Five decades of antiques collecting experience in a succession of Historic Register homes in Virginia, New York, and Connecticut; and a 1901 beaux arts building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Open Thursday through Monday from 11:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and on Tuesday and Wednesday by appointment.