PAIR OF REGENCY PERIOD CANED ARMCHAIRS WITH FRAMES In moulded and carved beech, the back decorated with foliage and foliate scrolls, the shoulders with a foliate cartouche motif, the armrests in the shape of a crozier, the belt decorated in the centre with a shell flanked by acanthus leaves, the arched legs ending in a foliate scroll, fitted with a worn green velvet cover (one of the two not illustrated); reinforcements on the belt, traces of worms. H. 90 cm (35.43 in.) l. 62 cm (24.40 in.) A pair of Regence carved beechwood fauteuils a la reine a chassis Provenance: Sale in Paris, Me Ader, 13 June 1963, lot 103 Philippe Dennery Collection To the current owner by inheritance Bibliography: M. Jarry, G. Janneau, Le Siège en France du Moyen Age à Nos Jours, 1948, pl. 53-54 (reproduced).