AFTER A DESIGN BY NICOLAS-QUINIBERT FOLIOT, 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH GILTWOOD BERGERES
AFTER A DESIGN BY NICOLAS-QUINIBERT FOLIOT, 20TH CENTURY
Each with a cartouche-shaped back and serpentine seat on cabriole legs with scroll toes, carved overall with flowerheads and rocaille, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label, en suite with the previous lot
38 1/2 in. (98 cm.) high, 31 in. (79 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66 cm.) deep

Special Notice

Please note this lot will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) at 5pm on the last day of the sale. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services. Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information. This sheet is available from the Bidder Registration staff, Purchaser Payments or the Packing Desk and will be sent with your invoice.

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Lot Essay

These bergères are copies of Foliot's originals, which are en suite with the previous lot and which were sold first Sotheby's, Monaco, 4 December 1983, lot 104 and then from the collection of Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Christie's, London, 8 December 1994, lot 515.

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