An historical guide to French interiors, furniture, decoration, woodwork, & allied arts during the last half of the seventeenth century, the whole of the eighteenth century, and the earlier part of the nineteenth . Gros-bleu Sevres porcelain vase mounted in chased ormolu, with floral branches for the lights, and marble base. About1760. Height, 23^ in. On page 367 is an armchair of white walnut, carvedwith leaves, floral sprays, rosettes, and bands of leaf andastragal ornament. The back, seat, and arms are stuffed,and covered with Beauvais tapestry of late 18th subject on the back i
An historical guide to French interiors, furniture, decoration, woodwork, & allied arts during the last half of the seventeenth century, the whole of the eighteenth century, and the earlier part of the nineteenth . Gros-bleu Sevres porcelain vase mounted in chased ormolu, with floral branches for the lights, and marble base. About1760. Height, 23^ in. On page 367 is an armchair of white walnut, carvedwith leaves, floral sprays, rosettes, and bands of leaf andastragal ornament. The back, seat, and arms are stuffed,and covered with Beauvais tapestry of late 18th subject on the back is a landscape with a woman witha basket of flowers and a boy. The subject on the seat isa man fishing, accompanied by a woman. The armchair is supported on four fluted legs with similar carving,and the whole of the woodwork is covered with woodwork is 19th century. Height, 3 ft. 3| in. ; width,2 ft. 3| in.; depth, 22 in. A similar armchair of white walnut,carved with leaves, floral sprays, rosettes, and bands ofleaf and astragal ornament is shown on the same back, seat, and arms are stuffed, and covered withBeauvais tapestry of late 18th century. The subject Chair in Beauvais Tapestry. *&•&?<&*?&?&
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