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Antique Chairs
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Item No. 926
Set of Eight French, Art Nouveau period tall-back dining chairs
In solid, carved walnut in the manner of Louis Majorelle with carved floral crest, V-shaped upholstered backsplat, and seat in red leather with brass tacks. Shaped legs with conforming floral decoration. Circa 1900.
40½" tall (at back) by 18" wide
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Item No. 862
Set of six fine, French, Regence style, carved giltwood fauteuils
Each with foliate carved, channelled frame and carved, giltwood entertrotoise (stretchers). Legs terminating in pied de sabots. Each chair applied with a paper label to the underside:
CALIFORNIA PALACE FOR THE LEGION OF HONOR, 21, LINCOLN PARK, SAN FRANCISCO/1958.54/armchair, wood carved, gesso and gilt; upholstered in silk and wool petit-point embroidery/France, style of about 1710/Lent by the W.H. Crocker Estate and with a stencilled label GUERDE/doreur encadreur/45 rue de Bourgogne 45/Paris/meubles batiment a cadres dor/aes Noir met imitation d'…./eatt/aemiation et oxidisation de 10r.
One of six matching chairs shown. 19th century.
Provenance: W.H. Crocker - Accessioned by the California Palace for the Legion of Honor in 1958
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Item No. 860
Set of twelve, fine, French Restauration, painted and parcel-gilded chairs
Comprising six armchairs and six side chairs, each with a scrolled, padded back. The armchairs with curved arms terminating in scrolling leafs above leaf-carved scrolling legs and back sabre legs. Circa 1825.
sidechairs: 33" high by 18" wide by 21" deep - armchairs: 37" high by 22" wide by 26" deep
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Item No. 452
Pair of Louis XIV style fauteuils
In solid walnut with the "Les os de mouton" (sheep's horn) stretchers characteristic of Louis XIV furniture. One of these identical chairs was carved in the 17th century while the other was added in the 19th century to complete the pair ("fausse paire").
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Item No. 774
Set of four Consulat style chaises
Crème painted and parcel gilded with Greek key motif. 19th century.
18" wide by 18" deep by 17" high (at seat) and 33" high (at back)
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Item No. 622
Set of eight, English, George III, dining chairs
In solid, carved mahogany. Six side chairs being 18th century, with the two armchairs being later, 19th century additions to the set.
sidechairs: 37" high (at back) and 18" high (at seat) by 22" wide by 20" deep / armchairs: 37" high (at back) and 19" high (at seat) by 24" wide by 22" deep
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The remaining thirty-seven items in our Antique Chairs category have been sold. We leave select sold items in our gallery to show the kind of pieces we can locate. Please do not hesitate to inquire if you would like us to find something like any of these for you!
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Item No. 1036
Pair of very fine, Italian, Empire period curule seats
In solid, carved giltwood. First quarter of the 19th century.
The curule seat was first used by the Ancient Romans to denote political or military power. It was adopted by later European rulers, including Napoléon Bonaparte.
38" wide by 21" deep by 29" high
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Item No. 1028
Pair of exceptional, French, Louis XIV period fauteuils a la reine
In solid, carved walnut. Each with arched upholstered rectangular back, volute acanthus carved armrests, terminating in sunflowers, raised on volute acanthus carved supports; the rectangular seat raised on cabriole legs joined by wavy H-shaped stretcher and terminating in acanthus carved bun feet. Close nail upholstered in floral damask with silk fringe around seat. Circa 1700.
Provenance: Formerly part of the collection of Old Versailles
New York, New York 1997
44" high by 24½" wide by 26½" deep
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