£4,750
Auction: Design Since 1860
giltwood frame with velvet upholstery
Literature: Marcilhac, Félix André Groult: Décorateur-Ensemblier du XXème Siècle, L'Amateur (French Edition) 1997, pp. 87 (illus. no.2 and 3); 86 (illus. no.1 and 2) and 156 (illus. no.1)
Note: Groult was one of a group of French designers who led a shift from Art Nouveau towards a more restrained and classical style in the first quarter of the 20th century. These armchairs, with their roots in the 18th century, demonstrate characteristic motifs in Groult's iconography with their exaggerated cowled backs and spiral mouldings.