An Empire giltwood Imperial throne armchair, circa 1805-1815
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Description
the backrest in the shape of a laurel and berries wreath, the armrests decorated with large leaves and flowers, echoed on the frieze, decorated with two later spheres, with a later red velvet and silver thread upholstery, the back with a N surmounted by an imperial crown, surrounded by a laurel wreath, on the reverse inventory number in ink 3872; (modifications on the front feet and on the frieze, restorations, regilt)
Haut. 123 cm, larg. 78 cm, prof. 68 cm
Height. 48 ½ in, width. 30 ¾ in, depth. 27 in
- Midwinter International Exposition, San Francisco, 1894-1895 ;
- Late collection of M.H de Young, San Francisco ;
- Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco (inv. 3872) ;
- Christie's New York, 10 April 2018, lot 46;
- Private collection ;
- Osenat, Fontainebleau, 7 April 2019, lot 430.
- P.-J. Chalençon, Napoléon, La collection, Paris, 2019, ill. pp. 82-83
Related literature:
- F. Faublée, « Les trônes de Napoléon Ier : un symbole, quatre destins », in Revue des patrimoines, 2016
- J.P. Samoyault, Mobilier français Consulat et Empire, Paris, 2009, p. 159
- C. Huchet de Quénetain, Les Styles Consulat & Empire, 2005, see p. 33 : "Charles Percier, Etude pour le siège d'apparat du Cabinet de travail de l'Empereur au palais des Tuileries, vue de face. Aquarelle, plume et encre noire sur papier, 17,7 x 14 cm"
- J.P. Samoyault, ‘L’ameublement des salles du Trône dans les palais impériaux sous Napoléon Ier’, in Bulletin de la Société de l’Histoire de l’Art français, 1985, pp. 185-206
- National archives, AN O2502, AN O2557, AN O2669, AN O2722
Le Sacre de Napoléon, Chapelle des Jésuites de Saint-Omer, 18 june - 25 september 2022