A PAIR OF LOUIS XV CREAM AND BLUE-PAINTED FAUTEUILS
Lot 3THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

A PAIR OF LOUIS XV CREAM AND BLUE-PAINTED FAUTEUILS

BY JEAN-BAPTISTE MEUNIER, MID-18TH CENTURY

Closed23 September 2010

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV CREAM AND BLUE-PAINTED FAUTEUILS
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE MEUNIER, MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with arched rectangular back, padded arms and shaped seat covered in blue fabric, the cresting and apron centred by fruiting foliate cartouches, stamped 'I.B.MEUNIER', restorations to seatrails, the painted decoration later
37 in. (94 cm.) high; 26½ in. (67.5 cm.) wide (2)

Collection of U.S. Ambassador to France Pamela Harriman, until sold, 'The Estate of Ambassador Pamela Harriman', Sotheby's, New York, 19-21 May 1997, lot 40 (part).

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Jean-Baptiste Meunier, maître in 1739.