Lot 1200 - A208 Decorative Arts - Thursday, 21. March 2024, 01.30 PM
FAUTEUIL DE BUREAU "AUX LIONS AILÉS"
Consulate/Empire, Paris ca. 1800, probably by Georges Jacob (maître 1765) or Jean-Baptiste Séné (maître 1769) after designs by Charles Percier and Pierre-François Léonard Fontaine.
Mahogany, finely carved with winged lion heads, paws and palmettes. Hoof-shaped seat on a straight frame with paw legs in the front and sabre legs in the back. Pierced backrest with a broad, recessed and protruding shoulder board. The curved armrests merge into the lion's head rests. Black horsehair upholstery with geometric decoration.
66 × 57 × 94 cm.
Cracks and signs of use
A very similar armchair, a so-called "Fauteuil de la Convention", can be found in the Palace of Versailles, currently in Louis-Philippe's apartment (inv. no. T453). A sketch by Charles Percier shows a design for a similar chair (see Ledoux-Lebard, Les ébénistes du XIXème siècle, 1795-1889, Leurs œuvres et leurs marques, Paris, 1984, plate CXX). It can be assumed that the model was most likely proposed for the furniture of the National Convention ("La Convention", 1792-1795).
Further comparative examples can be found at:
- Château de la Malmaison, office chair used by Napoleon and later by Corvisart, his personal physician, (inv. no. M.M.50.6.1).
- Mobilier National (inv. no. GMT-26038-000 and GMT-3661-000).
- The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen has a painting by Louis-Léopold Boilly depicting the composer François-Adrien Boieldieu in front of an identical chair (see Pierre Arizzoli-Clémentel. Le Mobilier de Versailles, Chefs d'Œuvre du XIXe siècle. Dijon, 2009. p 234).
A very similar armchair, a so-called "Fauteuil de la Convention", can be found in the Palace of Versailles, currently in Louis-Philippe's apartment (inv. no. T453). A sketch by Charles Percier shows a design for a similar chair (see Ledoux-Lebard, Les ébénistes du XIXème siècle, 1795-1889, Leurs œuvres et leurs marques, Paris, 1984, plate CXX). It can be assumed that the model was most likely proposed for the furniture of the National Convention ("La Convention", 1792-1795).
Further comparative examples can be found at:
- Château de la Malmaison, office chair used by Napoleon and later by Corvisart, his personal physician, (inv. no. M.M.50.6.1).
- Mobilier National (inv. no. GMT-26038-000 and GMT-3661-000).
- The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen has a painting by Louis-Léopold Boilly depicting the composer François-Adrien Boieldieu in front of an identical chair (see Pierre Arizzoli-Clémentel. Le Mobilier de Versailles, Chefs d'Œuvre du XIXe siècle. Dijon, 2009. p 234).
CHF 20 000 / 30 000 | (€ 20 620 / 30 930)
Sold for CHF 22 500 (including buyer’s premium)
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