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Lot Essay
Claude Chevigny, maître in 1768
Claude Chevigny, both menuisier and chair carver, supplied numerous chairs to the circle of the banker Laborde. In 1773, he delivered a very similar suite of seat furniture to Micault d'Harvelay, Laborde's brother-in-law, for the Grand Salon of his hôtel particulier in the rue d'Artois which had been constructed by Barre:
Quatorze fauteiuls à la Reine à la grecq assortis aux bergères (carderon) baguette et entrelacs au pourtour, feuille chimène sur la console.
Chevigny's chairs are usually walnut, a mark in itself of great quality. He supplied, amongst others, the duchesse d'Enville, the duc de Penthièvre, mademoiselle Guimard, and the marquis de Paulmy.
Claude Chevigny, both menuisier and chair carver, supplied numerous chairs to the circle of the banker Laborde. In 1773, he delivered a very similar suite of seat furniture to Micault d'Harvelay, Laborde's brother-in-law, for the Grand Salon of his hôtel particulier in the rue d'Artois which had been constructed by Barre:
Quatorze fauteiuls à la Reine à la grecq assortis aux bergères (carderon) baguette et entrelacs au pourtour, feuille chimène sur la console.
Chevigny's chairs are usually walnut, a mark in itself of great quality. He supplied, amongst others, the duchesse d'Enville, the duc de Penthièvre, mademoiselle Guimard, and the marquis de Paulmy.