Suite of Four Louis XVI Dining Chairs From the Paris Home of Daisy Fellowes
A SET OF FOUR FRENCH GREEN AND CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT DINING CHAIRS
Each with an incurved oval back with central medallion issuing laurel trails.
The suite is documented in a sale at Christies from 2013. See images for the complete suite of 10 from the catalogue. https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5726396
Frames are priced to sell as is. If you are interested, I can provide cost to restore and to upholster the four chairs to the appropriate standards and details deserving of these frames.
Exact age of the chairs is unknown. My estimation is that they are late 19th century but could be earlier.
Sold as is. All sales are final.
PROVENANCE
Daisy Fellowes, supplied for her Paris residence at 69 rue de Lille, probably by Georges Geffroy.
Acquired from Philippe Farley, New York and sold at auction via Christies in 2013 as the complete suite of 10.
Images of the dining room appear in the following books.
Connaissance des Arts no. 302, April 1977
Dior and His Decorators, Vendome Press, 2018, pages 144-145
The Hon. Daisy Fellowes (née Marguerite Séverine Philippine Decazes de Glücksbierg, 1890-1962), was a renowned society figure and celebrated fashion icon and tastemaker. Her apartment at 69 rue de Lille was decorated by Georges Geffroy (1903-1971), the prominent Parisian society decorator, who designed the interiors for the Hôtel Lambert for Baron Alexis de Rédé in 1948 and also the renowned Parisian apartment of Loel and Gloria Guinness, later owned by Nelia Barletta de Cates at 18 Avenue Matignon, among many others.
A SET OF FOUR FRENCH GREEN AND CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT DINING CHAIRS
Each with an incurved oval back with central medallion issuing laurel trails.
The suite is documented in a sale at Christies from 2013. See images for the complete suite of 10 from the catalogue. https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5726396
Frames are priced to sell as is. If you are interested, I can provide cost to restore and to upholster the four chairs to the appropriate standards and details deserving of these frames.
Exact age of the chairs is unknown. My estimation is that they are late 19th century but could be earlier.
Sold as is. All sales are final.
PROVENANCE
Daisy Fellowes, supplied for her Paris residence at 69 rue de Lille, probably by Georges Geffroy.
Acquired from Philippe Farley, New York and sold at auction via Christies in 2013 as the complete suite of 10.
Images of the dining room appear in the following books.
Connaissance des Arts no. 302, April 1977
Dior and His Decorators, Vendome Press, 2018, pages 144-145
The Hon. Daisy Fellowes (née Marguerite Séverine Philippine Decazes de Glücksbierg, 1890-1962), was a renowned society figure and celebrated fashion icon and tastemaker. Her apartment at 69 rue de Lille was decorated by Georges Geffroy (1903-1971), the prominent Parisian society decorator, who designed the interiors for the Hôtel Lambert for Baron Alexis de Rédé in 1948 and also the renowned Parisian apartment of Loel and Gloria Guinness, later owned by Nelia Barletta de Cates at 18 Avenue Matignon, among many others.
A SET OF FOUR FRENCH GREEN AND CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT DINING CHAIRS
Each with an incurved oval back with central medallion issuing laurel trails.
The suite is documented in a sale at Christies from 2013. See images for the complete suite of 10 from the catalogue. https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5726396
Frames are priced to sell as is. If you are interested, I can provide cost to restore and to upholster the four chairs to the appropriate standards and details deserving of these frames.
Exact age of the chairs is unknown. My estimation is that they are late 19th century but could be earlier.
Sold as is. All sales are final.
PROVENANCE
Daisy Fellowes, supplied for her Paris residence at 69 rue de Lille, probably by Georges Geffroy.
Acquired from Philippe Farley, New York and sold at auction via Christies in 2013 as the complete suite of 10.
Images of the dining room appear in the following books.
Connaissance des Arts no. 302, April 1977
Dior and His Decorators, Vendome Press, 2018, pages 144-145
The Hon. Daisy Fellowes (née Marguerite Séverine Philippine Decazes de Glücksbierg, 1890-1962), was a renowned society figure and celebrated fashion icon and tastemaker. Her apartment at 69 rue de Lille was decorated by Georges Geffroy (1903-1971), the prominent Parisian society decorator, who designed the interiors for the Hôtel Lambert for Baron Alexis de Rédé in 1948 and also the renowned Parisian apartment of Loel and Gloria Guinness, later owned by Nelia Barletta de Cates at 18 Avenue Matignon, among many others.
Own a part of history. Imagine all of the prominent people who Ms. Fellowes had entertained in her dining room. If only these chairs could talk!