A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS À LA REINE

MID-18TH CENTURY, ONE STAMPED GOURDIN

Details

A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS À LA REINE
mid-18th century, one stamped gourdin
Each with cartouche-shaped back and serpentine seat, covered in crimson cut-velvet, each with rocaille-carved cresting and scroll arms, on shell-headed cabriole legs (2)

Provenance

Sold in these Rooms, 6 June 1984, lot 141

Lot Essay

Jean-Baptiste Gourdin, maître in 1748

Eldest son of ébéniste Jean Gourdin, Jean-Baptiste had an atelier close to his father's workshop, and created seat furniture for some of Paris's most renowned patrons. A set of eight virtually identical fauteuils by Gourdin is illustrated in J. Nicolay, L'Art et la Manière des Maîtres Ébénistes Français au XVIIIe Siècle, 1976, p. 155, fig. C.