A Louis XV giltwood canape

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A Louis XV giltwood canape
in the manner of Michel Cresson, the padded back, arms, seat and squab cushion upholstered in cream silk damask, the shaped chanelled foliate-carved top-rail, armrests and apron each with a central cartouche of a bulb issuing flowers and flanked by conforming cartouches, the cabriole legs headed by acanthus sprays terminating in scroll feet, the underside re-supported, with a paper label inscribed in ink A.8/Canape d'ore L XV SC.X42
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84in. (213cm.) wide

Lot Essay

A fauteuil stamped by the menuisier Michel Cresson (maitre in 1740), displaying closely related acanthus-capped legs and foliate cabochon enriched seat-rails is illustrated in P.Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Francais du XVIIIe Siecle, Paris, 1989, p.218

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