A very good quality pair of late 19th century French gilt fauteuil, each with carved 'C' scroll and foliate decoration to the show-wood, upholstered backs, arm rests and seats. Raised on elegant carved cabriole legs. Stamped ' Mellier & Co.' Mellier & Co. operated at 2 Frith Street, near Soho Square, and later Margaret Street. They advertised themselves as “specialists in the rich decorative styles of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries”. They became best known for their fine examples of antique French furniture and were among the English manufacturers who exhibited at the 1904 St Louis International Exhibition.