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 Abbé de Mostuejouls, sous-précepteur to the Enfants de France (future Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X) and had remained in the family until sold Christie's, Monaco, 3 July 1993, lot 153

Lot Essay

Claude II Sené, maître in 1769
Jean Avisse, maître in 1745

Another group from this same set was sold Christie's, Monaco, 22 June 1991, lot 197. A set comprising six fauteuils, two bergères and a canapé with very similar carving from the Espirito Santo Collection was sold Pavilion Gabriel, Paris, 14 June 1977, lot 96.