Pair of large molded wood armchairs, carved and gilded, attr - Lot 208

Pair of large molded wood armchairs, carved and gilded, attributed to Jacob D Rue Meslée from the Empire period. With straight backs, the armrests emerging from water leaves and resting on detached columns topped by a disk featuring an antique profile, the waistband in a rounded recess decorated with flowers and palmettes, the front legs tapered and ringed and saber-shaped hind legs. ARC stencilled on the straps. H. 100 L. 68 D. 50 cm Provenance : Probably Louise Marie Thérèse Bathilde d'Orléans, duchesse de Bourbon, from 1815 to 1822; Madame Adélaïde (1777-1847), sister of King Louis-Philippe, from 1822 to 1847, for her château in Arc en Barrois; François d'Orléans, prince de Joinville, from 1847 to 1900; Pierre d'Orléans, duc de Penthièvre, from 1900 to 1919 then private collection. collection. Madame Adélaïde, first Mademoiselle de Chartres, sister of King Louis-Philippe, built a château in Arc-en-Barrois, Champagne, furnished with furniture from various residences and stenciled with the ARC mark, still visible under the straps. The painter Eugène Lami supervised the decoration of the new château (Paris, Archives Nationales, Maison d'Orléans, 300 AP I 1476, May 22, 1845). On her death, she bequeathed her estate to her nephew, the Prince de Joinville.