A LOUIS XVI GREY-PAINTED CANAPE

ATTRIBUTED TO I.B. SENÉ, CIRCA 1775

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A LOUIS XVI GREY-PAINTED CANAPE
Attributed to I.B. Sené, circa 1775
The padded rectangular back, downswept arms and seat cushion upholstered in close-nailed green velvet, the crest-rail centered by an elaborate floral bouquet, the frame with grooved bell-flower garlands above inscrolled arm terminals on acanthus-carved supports, the beaded and leaf-tip carved grooved apron on cuffed tapering fluted legs headed by panelled patera and with upspringing leaf-tip carved toupie feet, together with two small matching pillows
77in. (195.5cm.) long

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Jean-Baptiste Claude Sené, maître in 1769

This canape was originally en suite with a pair of matching bergères in a private collection in Normandy which are stamped by Sené. A related canape with similar ribbon-tied floral wreath to the center of the crest-rail, stamped twice JBB DEMAY and part of a large suite of seat-furniture previously in the collection of the Marquise de Ganay was sold anonymously, Christie's New York, 23 October 1998, lot 167 ($50,000 plus premium).