BY ETIENNE MEUNIER, CIRCA 1760

Details

A LOUIS XV GREY-PAINTED MARQUISE
BY ETIENNE MEUNIER, CIRCA 1760
The padded back, arms and seat covered in yellow striped cotton, stamped E. MEUNIER to back seat rail, with inventory label inscribed D.R. 53.1877

Provenance

Mrs. John E. Rovensky; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 January 1957, lot 782.
Acquired through Arthur S. Vernay.

Literature

D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 346, no.387.

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Lot Essay

The first and most notable of the family of menuisiers, Etienne Meunier had his atelier on the rue de Cléry. He was active during the reign of Louis XV until the early 1770s, though his maîtrise date is not recorded.

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