Important ceremonial armchair with frame and curved backrest - Lot 323

Lot n° 323
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Important ceremonial armchair with frame and curved backrest - Lot 323
Important ceremonial armchair with frame and curved backrest in mahogany and mahogany veneer. Console of sculpted swan-shaped armrests. Front legs in lion claw sheath, hind legs in sabre. Ornamentation of foliage, flowers, fleurons and palmettes in gilt bronze. Attributed to Jacob Desmalter, probably after a drawing by Percier et Fontaine. Empire period, circa 1810. Height 110 - Width 77 cm With an apocryphal stamp by G. Jacob. Provenance: - By tradition : Throne of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland (1778-1846) - Special Collection Exhibition : Een koninklijk museum: Lodewijk Napoleon en het Rijksmuseum 1806-1810 , Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1999-2000 Bibliography : - Catalogue exposition : F. Grijzenhout, Een koninklijk museum: Lodewijk Napoleon en het Rijksmuseum 1806-1810 [Louis Napoleon and the Rijksmuseum 1806-1810], Amsterdam, 1999. - Exhibition catalogue: Louis-Napoleon and the Holland of his time, Amsterdam, 1959.
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