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262 - Louis XVI-style sofa with a rectangular backrest—Napoleon III period—made of molded wood carved with small floral motifs, gilded and refinished in cream; upright posts topped with an acanthus plume; six tapered, fluted legs
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Louis XVI-style sofa with a rectangular backrest—Napoleon III period—made of molded wood carved with small floral motifs, gilded and refinished in cream; upright posts topped with an acanthus plume; six tapered, fluted legs Back upholstery in embossed velvet with silver stripes on a beige background 105 x 135 x 71 cm (signs of wear and loss of gilding and paint; one side panel reinforced) Provenance | Collection of Henri Dupuy de Lôme for his estate in the Var region, then passed down through the family Biography | Stanislas Henri Laurent Dupuy de Lôme French naval engineer (Ploemeur 1816–Paris 1885). He built the first steamship, the Napoléon (1850), and the first armored frigate, the Gloire (1858), which served as a model for the navy of the Second Empire. Member of the Council of State and deputy for Morbihan. In 1870, he managed to get sixty airships out of besieged Paris. He had been a member of the Academy of Sciences since 1866.
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