A FRENCH MAHOGANY RECLINING ARMCHAIR, BY MAISON JEANSELME, 19TH CENTURY Stamped with mark of Maison Jeanselme, with scrolled back and arms, fitted with an extendable footrest, upholstered with aged brown and pink fabric, 67cm wide, 85cm deep, 120cm high The Parisian firm of Jeanselme, founded in the early 1820s and known as Jeanselme Frères from 1829, specialized in the design and manufacture of chairs and filled many orders for the Imperial households with part of their output remaining in the Mobilier National

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