FOUR LOUIS XVI, LATE 18TH CENTURY AND STAMPED PL, EIGHT EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND STAMPED CARLHIAN

The Maison Carlhian was founded in Paris in January 1867 by Anatole Carlhian (d.1904) and Albert Dujardin-Beaumetz (d.1906). Initially established in the rue Beaurepaire, in 1906 the sons of Anatole Carlhian, Paul and André, inherited the business and they subsequently moved it to 24 rue du Mont-Thabor. Specialising in 'menuiserie, peinture et de tapisserie', the firm owned an extensive collection of period specimen chairs, whose models they faithfully copied, and it was for the quality of their menuiserie that they were principally patronised by Duveen Brothers. Subsequently renamed 'societé Carlhian' in 1930, the firm established a New York branch and flourished until 1975.