A Louis XVI Style Giltwood Seven-Piece Salon Suite

20th Century

comprising a settee, two fauteuils and four side chairs.
Height of settee 44 x width 57 x depth 24 inches.

Height of armchairs 42 x width 28 x depth 23 inches; seat height: 17 inches. Sturdy and usable condition. The settee is missing part of its garland ornamentation from the underside of the seat rail, on the left side. One of the side chairs has some large chips from the underside of its garland ornamentation along its seat rail. That same chair also has one of its legs slightly bent inward, but it can be sat upon. All of the pieces have a somewhat dark, dirty gold patina and scattered chips, scratches and small gilt losses exposing small areas of gesso as is normal. The tapestry upholstery is 20th century and hand-painted, not a woven tapestry.

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Mr. Horn joined the firm in 2009 and has directed numerous sales of important collections, including those of Lilly Pulitzer, Lord Anthony and Lady Jacobs, Lars Bolander, Casa de Sueños in Miami Beach, and Villa Massei in Lucca, Italy. He has also achieved record results for consignments from prominent institutions, including the Toledo Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Minnesota Historical Society. Mr. Horn is a member of the Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago and is an alumnus of the Attingham Trust.

European Furniture & Decorative Arts

A Louis XVI Style Giltwood Seven-Piece Salon Suite

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