A pair of chased gilt wood armchairs Louis XVI period, stamped Pierre Othon

They have a straight back à la Reine with a curved crowning carved with a guilloche frieze, the upper corners with corner-blocks centered by a rosette.
The padded armrests ending in a scroll are raised on scrolled supports ornated with foliage and acanthus leaves.
The ornamentation of the convex-shaped seat-rail matches that of the back, interrupted by the same corner-blocks.
They are raised on tapered legs with stopped flutings by gadronned capitals.

Provenance: Galerie Perrin, Paris 1998.

Pierre OTHON, recieved as master on the 8Th of Januari 1760, settled on the rue des Vieux-Augustins, Jean Nicolay points out that he was keen at giving a subtle balance to his seats, always carved with a high care.
Seats bearing his stamp are preserved in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs as well as the Musée Jacquemard-André in Paris.