Lot Essay
Jacques Chenevat, matre in 1763.
Established 'A la Croix d'or' on rue de Clry for about ten years, Jacques Chenevat worked principally in the Louis XV style. Amongst his most famous pieces was a large Louis XV fauteuil for the rserves du Garde-Meuble and a bergre from the collection of Paul Dustat (Salverte, Les Ebenistes du XVIIIe Sicle, Paris, 1953, p. 55).
A related bergre stamped Chenevat, from the collection of M. Ricard Pnard y Fernandez, was sold, Sotheby's London, 30 April 1965, lot 204.
Established 'A la Croix d'or' on rue de Clry for about ten years, Jacques Chenevat worked principally in the Louis XV style. Amongst his most famous pieces was a large Louis XV fauteuil for the rserves du Garde-Meuble and a bergre from the collection of Paul Dustat (Salverte, Les Ebenistes du XVIIIe Sicle, Paris, 1953, p. 55).
A related bergre stamped Chenevat, from the collection of M. Ricard Pnard y Fernandez, was sold, Sotheby's London, 30 April 1965, lot 204.