A SUITE OF LOUIS XVI GREY-PAINTED SEAT FURNITURE
Lot 11THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 10-13 AND 16)

A SUITE OF LOUIS XVI GREY-PAINTED SEAT FURNITURE

BY CLAUDE CHEVIGNY, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed5 December 2013

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GBP 43,750

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A SUITE OF LOUIS XVI GREY-PAINTED SEAT FURNITURE
BY CLAUDE CHEVIGNY, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Comprising a canapé and a pair of fauteuils, each with a beaded stiff-leaf carved rectangular padded back, arms, seat and squab cushion covered in vieux rose silk velvet, with piastre-carved arm supports and curved seatrails, on rosette-headed turned tapering legs with toupie feet, each stamped 'C. CHEVIGNY'
The canape: 37½ in. (95 cm.) high; 73½ in. (187 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep
Each armchair: 36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) wide; 21½ in. (54.5 cm.) deep