Pair of Louis XV Fauteuils à la Reine

By Jean-Nicolas Blanchard (French, 1730-1787), c. 1770

each with grey painted frame, with cartouche shaped back, top rail and apron carved with a pomegranate, the padded armrests raised on voluted supports with shell motifs, raised on cabriole legs carved with leaves, original Beauvais tapestry upholstery depicting sprays of flowers, stamped ‘Blanchard’ (2)

• MEASUREMENTS: height 106 cm
• PROVENANCE: Kraemer & Cie, 8eme arrondissement, Paris, February 1984, Private Collection, Sydney
  

• price $18,000 Incl BP