A SET OF FOUR LATE LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS, LATE 18TH CENTURY, RETAILED BY MORANT & CO.

A SET OF FOUR LATE LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
LATE 18TH CENTURY, RETAILED BY MORANT & CO.
The square padded back with guilloché carved frame surmounted by bulbous finials, the downswept padded open arms above a deep bowed seat on turned and stop-fluted tapering legs, covered in Fortuny fabric, one stamped 'MORANT & CO/ 9...NEW.../LONDON', regilt
40 ½ in. (103 cm.) high; 27 ½ in. (69.5 cm.) wide; 29 in. (73.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Probably acquired by Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk (1830-1908) for his splendid townhouse at 139 Piccadilly, London and by descent to his daughter Lilias, Countess Bathurst (1871-1965) and by descent in the collection of The Earls Bathurst.