CIRCA 1770, STAMPED C. CHEVIGNY, REDECORATED

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A LOUIS XVI TWO-TONE GILT CANAPE
Circa 1770, stamped C. CHEVIGNY, redecorated
The ribbon-tied and guilloche-carved crest-rail above guilloche and acanthus-carved scrolled arms, the seat-rail with a central ribbon-tied laurel branch on tapering stop-fluted legs, the canapé covered in a cream and green striped silk with an additional pillow
51in. (129.5cm.) wide

Provenance

Galerie Yves Mikaeloff, sold Christie's New York, 21 May 1996, lot 386.

Lot Essay

Claude Chevigny, maître in 1768.

The design of the frame is very closely related to a pair of chairs by Georges Jacob illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le MobilierFrançais du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, pp. 412 - 413.

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