EXCEPTIONAL CARVED BEECH SOFA, molded and upholstered... Lot 86

EXCEPTIONAL CARVED BEECH SOFA, molded and upholstered with tapestries of the Gobelins of the eighteenth century. The belt and the base decorated with shells, foliage and staples. A sinuous X-shaped brace joins the eight legs. The tapestry decorated with flowers escaping from a central vase and two horns of plenty, a rabbit and birds, red border with crosses and clasps. Early 18th century A model with a very similar carved decoration is reproduced in Guillaume Jeanneau, Les Sièges, Paris, 1993, p. 47, fig. 72.