Lot Essay
Claude I Sené, maître in 1743.
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BY CLAUDE I SENÉ
Details
A Louis XV white and blue-painted fauteuil a la reine
By Claude I Sené
The moulded cartouche-shaped padded back, seat and arms covered in ivory cut-velvet with floral red, blue and green decoration, the back and serpentine front-rail centred by rockwork, the armrest supports and cabriole legs with flame ornaments, on scrolling feet, stamped 'C.SENE', repair to back left leg, later blocks, redecorated
By Claude I Sené
The moulded cartouche-shaped padded back, seat and arms covered in ivory cut-velvet with floral red, blue and green decoration, the back and serpentine front-rail centred by rockwork, the armrest supports and cabriole legs with flame ornaments, on scrolling feet, stamped 'C.SENE', repair to back left leg, later blocks, redecorated
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 May 1973, lot 341 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. D-44).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. D-44).
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