BY JEAN-BAPTISTE CRESSON, CIRCA 1755

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A SET OF FOUR EARLY LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD FAUTEUILS
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE CRESSON, CIRCA 1755
Each cartouche back and serpentine seat centered with a shell and foliage against a diapered ground and covered in cream silk damask, foliate-carved cabriole legs. stamped I.B. CRESSON

Provenance

Anonymous Sale; Christie's, New York, 18 May 2006, lot 773.

Special notice

Please note this lot will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) at 5pm on the last day of the sale. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services. Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information. This sheet is available from the Bidder Registration staff, Purchaser Payments or the Packing Desk and will be sent with your invoice.

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Lot Essay

Jean-Baptiste Cresson, maître in 1741.
The Cressons were a family of menuisiers operating from premises in the rue de Cléry, Paris. The first member of the dynasty to gain his maîtrise was Charles Cresson in 1720; the last being his great nephew Nicolas Michel Cresson in 1770 (Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobillier Français du XVIII Siècle, Paris, 2002, pp. 230-241).

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