A SET OF SIX LOUIS XVI WHITE-PAINTED CHAISES

CIRCA 1780, FOUR STAMPED I. AVISSE, TWO STAMPED C. SENE

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A SET OF SIX LOUIS XVI WHITE-PAINTED CHAISES
Circa 1780, four stamped I. AVISSE, two stamped C. SENE
Each with arched rectangular back and bowed seat covered in floral cotton, carved with ribbon and leaves, on turned tapering stop-fluted legs (6)

Provenance

By family tradition, this set was given by Louis XV to the Abb de Mostuejouls, sous-prcepteur to the Enfants de France (future Louis XVI, Louis XVII and Charles X) and had remained in the family until sold Christie's Monaco, 3 July 1993, lot 153
Yves Mikaeloff, sold in these Rooms, 21 May 1997, lot 377.

Lot Essay

Claude II Sen, matre in 1769
Jean Avisse, matre in 1745
Another group from this same set was soldy Christie's Monaco, 22 June 1991, lot 197. A set comprising six fauteuils, two bergres and a canap with very similar carving from the Espirito Santo Collection was sold Pavilion Gabriel, Paris, 14 June 1977, lot 96.