A pair of carved giltwood Beauvais tapestry upholstered fauteuils à la Reine, stamped C. Sené Louis XV, circa 1750

each with a cartouche-shaped padded back with a serpentine top-rail carved with cartouche and stylised wings above padded arms on voluted supports, the serpentine fronted seat carved with foliate scrolls, raised on cabriole legs terminating in cartouche carved cabochon feet, the backs carved en reparure with foliage; upholstered with the original Beauvais tapestry depicting scenes from the Fables de la Fontaine enclosed by floral garlands on a cream ground and red surround 

Mme. J. Patiño de Ortiz Linares, sold Sotheby's Monaco, 8th February 1981, lot 229
Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection, Christie's New York, 21^st May 1996, lot 343

En suite with lots 12 & 14.
For a footnote on Beauvais tapestry, see lot 14.