ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE II SENE, CIRCA 1780

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A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BERGERE
ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE II SENE, CIRCA 1780
With arched back, the frame carved with ribbon-and-thread border, the bowed seat with squab cushion on turned spirally-fluted legs, covered in green and white-striped floral watered-silk
39 in. (91 cm.) high; 27 ¾ in. (70.5 cm.) wide; 30 in. (76 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired by Giuseppe Rossi in 1963.
Works of Art from The Giuseppe Rossi Collection Sold to Benefit a Charity; Christie's, London, 24 September - 20 October 2020, lot 67.

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Lot Essay

Claude II Sené, maître in 1769

Giuseppe Rossi recorded the chair in his stock book as signed 'Sené', suggesting that the stamp has either been obscured by upholstery or since abraded. A pair of chairs stamped Sené, of near identical form were sold Sotheby's, New York, 26 June 1982, lot 290. It is interesting to note that the rear edges of the cushion and front edge of the seat below are covered in antique silk of the same pattern suggesting that the chair was probably previously (and possibly originally) covered in this pattern of silk, which has then been copied when the chair was recovered.

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