Lot Essay
Marc Gautron, maître in 1785.
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BY MARC GAUTRON, CIRCA 1785
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI BEECHWOOD FAUTEUILS
BY MARC GAUTRON, CIRCA 1785
Each with stiff-leaf carved padded rectangular back, arms and seat covered in green velvet, the arms with guilloche and acanthus on rosette-headed turned tapering fluted legs, originally painted with remains of 18th century, stamped M. GAUTRON, inscribed etiquette label 'A M. V....' with handwriten label '...M.H.DE..., originally painted
35½ in. (90 cm.) high (2)
BY MARC GAUTRON, CIRCA 1785
Each with stiff-leaf carved padded rectangular back, arms and seat covered in green velvet, the arms with guilloche and acanthus on rosette-headed turned tapering fluted legs, originally painted with remains of 18th century, stamped M. GAUTRON, inscribed etiquette label 'A M. V....' with handwriten label '...M.H.DE..., originally painted
35½ in. (90 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Acquired from La Vieille Fontaine, Lausanne, 1962.
Brought to you by
Victoria von Westenholz