Pair of classicist chairs
Saxony
Walnut
Louis XVI around 1790
Dimensions: seat height: 48 cm, back height 91 cm
Description:
Straight-legged chairs standing on conical downward tapering square legs.
Artfully carved work on the frame and the backrest.
To be found are typical classicist motifs such as pearl bar and rosette, as well as the central vase in the back board decorated with fluting and flowers.
Condition:
Restored ready for living, newly upholstered, newly covered. Legs "shoed" at the bottom.
Price: 1700,- € for the pair.
Four stylistically very comparable chairs are illustrated in the reference book:
Wofgang L. Eller - Furniture of Classicism, Louis XVI and Empire p. 200
Article found under: Seating furniture
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