A SET OF FOUR EARLY LOUIS XV BLUE AND GREEN PAINTED FAUTEUILS À LA REINE
CIRCA 1735
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A SET OF FOUR EARLY LOUIS XV BLUE AND GREEN PAINTED FAUTEUILS À LA REINE
circa 1735
Each with cartouche-shaped back upholstered à chassis with berried foliate cresting flanked by shell-carved uprights above a serpentine seat on shell-headed cabriole legs (4)
Lot Essay
A fauteuil à la reine by Louis Cresson with similar rocaille and berry carving is illustrated in B. Pallot, L'Art du Siège au XVIIIe Siècle en France, 1987, p. 118.