A PAIR OF LOUIS XV WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FAUTEUILS by E T Nauroy, each with cartouche-shaped padded back headed by a floral spray, arms and serpentine seat covered in pale blue floral silk damask, the waved channelled serpentine seatrail centred by a draped floral spray, on channelled cabriole legs headed by a cabochon, stamped E.T.NAUROY, the decoration refreshed (2)

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT FAUTEUILS by E T Nauroy, each with cartouche-shaped padded back headed by a floral spray, arms and serpentine seat covered in pale blue floral silk damask, the waved channelled serpentine seatrail centred by a draped floral spray, on channelled cabriole legs headed by a cabochon, stamped E.T.NAUROY, the decoration refreshed (2)

Lot Essay

Etienne Nauroy, maître in 1765

The stamps on these fauteuils are interesting. The E.T. Nauroy stamp is recorded by Nicolay (L'art et La Manière des Maîtres Ebénistes Français au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1959, p.96) as L.T. Nauroy, although this is probably a misreading as the stamp on these fauteuils very clearly begins with the initial E not L. Nauroy also used the stamp E. Nauroy, slightly differently struck

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