Lot Essay
Pierre Forget, maître in 1755.
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BY PIERRE FORGET
Details
A LOUIS XV WALNUT BERGERE
By Pierre Forget
The cartouche-shaped rectangular padded back, arms, serpentine seat and squab-cushion covered in orange-brown floral silk, the top-rail and seat-rail centred by a cabochon cartouche flanked by foliate C-scrolls, on flower-headed cabriole legs with scroll feet, stamped 'P. FORGET' and 'JME'
By Pierre Forget
The cartouche-shaped rectangular padded back, arms, serpentine seat and squab-cushion covered in orange-brown floral silk, the top-rail and seat-rail centred by a cabochon cartouche flanked by foliate C-scrolls, on flower-headed cabriole legs with scroll feet, stamped 'P. FORGET' and 'JME'
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19 April 1978, lot 126 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. D-33).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. D-33).
Special notice
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