Moulded wood armchair, richly carved and gilded "à la Grecqu - Lot 190

Moulded wood armchair, richly carved and gilded "à la Grecque" by Louis-Charles Carpentier, Transition period H. 96 L. 63 D. 60 cm Provenance: private collection, Madrid. An identical armchair (en suite) stamped L. C. Carpentier is known from the sale Collection d'un Palais en Espagne à Drouot, Kâ-Mondo March 10, 2017, lot 248. Note also three other armchairs from the same original furniture, but upholstered in carreau (with shorter legs), two of which sold at T. de Maigret on October 22, 2014 lot 17, and the third third in a large private collection and of the same Spanish origin as our armchair. Last but not least, a 'meublant' (flat-back) armchair stamped Carpentier and probably in suite with our seat, was sold at Sotheby's London on June 14, 2000, lot 44. Carpentier's most important deliveries were for the Prince de Condé at the Palais Bourbon.