DUCHESS IN A BOAT FROM THE LOUIS XV PERIOD In moulded, carved and formerly painted walnut, decorated with foliage and foliate scrolls, with a curved crosspiece and cambered legs, upholstered in Indian style with polychrome decoration of birds among flowering branches on a cream background, fitted with two cushions; restorations, reinforcements at the waist, traces of worms. H. 104 cm (41 in.) L.: 198 cm (78 in.) Provenance : Sale in Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me de Maigret, 7 December 2012, lot 320 (€ 3,718). A Louis XV carved walnut duchesse en bateau