A suite of four gilt beechwood armchairs with slightly curved backs, the uprights with fluted columns and balustered arms, decorated with ribboned rushes, heart-shaped grapes and pearls, resting on fluted tapered legs; 18th century handwritten label in ink inscribed: " Chambre à coucher de Mr le Cte de Charost ". Stamped by Henri Jacob, carpenter received master in 1779. Louis XVI period. H : 93 cm, W : 60 cm REPAIRED BORING Provenance: Armand-Louis-François-Edme de Béthune, Count of Chârost (1770-1794), son of the Duke of Chârost. Guillotined in 1794 for counter-revolutionary plot. It is said that he corned the page of the book he was reading at the foot of the scaffold.