Offered by Costermans Antiquités
Old Masters paintings, 16th, 17th and 18th furnitures and works of art
Living room furniture with a wide backrest in a carved basket-handle design featuring interlaced decoration, spiral-shaped connecting blocks, tapered front legs with fluted sides, and tapered rear legs also with fluted sides.
Fireplace screen fitted with its original panel and carved with medallions on the uprights.
A matching pair of bergère chairs, with armrests carved with medallions and foliage, is also available.
Parisian work from the Louis XVI period.
Dimensions:
- Screen: 96.5 x 59 x 38 cm
- Bergère chairs: 102.5 x 71 x 76.5 cm
A chair with similar ornamentation is currently held at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. The rather rare decoration on the waistband and backrest is purely classical. It features oval interlacing. (Inv. CAM 135).