Pair of Louis XVI Giltwood Footstools
of a form known as un tabouret indiscret and in the manner of Henri Jacob, the rectangular stuffed tops with raised bun-shaped corner finials on fluted supports, the rails carved with oval paterae flanked by palm-fronds and with stylised flowerheads at the corners surmounting the fluted tapering feet
Height 23cm (9 inches)
Width 42cm (16 1/2 inches)
Depth 31cm (12 1/4 inches)
circa 1785





