A Rare Empire Armchair From The Palace Of Fontainebleau

RARE ARMCHAIR FROM THE EMPIRE PERIOD.
From the Château de Fontainebleau.
Armchair in polychromed wood, front feet balusters surmounted by a rosette, heads of armrests in volutes, posterior feet saber, flat top, convex frontage.
Healthy woodwork, redone in white, damaged polychrome.
Empire period.
Stamped FLORIAN.
Black stenciled mark of the double F 12177 corresponding to the inventory of August 10, 1856 carried out under Napoleon III for the Palace of Fontainebleau; another black stenciled mark TU 9001 corresponding to the inventory of December 24, 1856, also carried out under Napoleon III for the Tuileries Palace. The last crossed-out red stencil mark, the number of which cannot be distinguished, must correspond to the 1817 inventory carried out under Louis XVIII.
H. 94 x L. 62 x D. 53 cm.

Provenance
- Tuileries Castle.
- Château de Fontainebleau, placed in an apartment on the third floor of the Gros Pavillon after 1856.
- Returned to the Garde Meuble in 1885.
- Domaines Sales at the beginning of the 20th century.
- Private collection.