Lot Essay
Jean-Baptiste Cresson, maître in 1741.
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BY JEAN-BAPTISTE CRESSON, CIRCA 1740
Details
A LOUIS XV GILTWOOD FAUTEUIL A LA REINE
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE CRESSON, CIRCA 1740
The padded back, arms and seat covered in green velvet, the frame carved with C-scrolls and floral trails and with incised floral decoration to the reverse, the back rail stamped 'I.B. CRESSON', some refreshments to the gilding
40 ½ in. (103 cm.) high; 29 in. (73.5 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE CRESSON, CIRCA 1740
The padded back, arms and seat covered in green velvet, the frame carved with C-scrolls and floral trails and with incised floral decoration to the reverse, the back rail stamped 'I.B. CRESSON', some refreshments to the gilding
40 ½ in. (103 cm.) high; 29 in. (73.5 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 20 April 2007, lot 379.
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