Lot Essay
Jean-Baptiste Cresson, matre in 1741
CIRCA 1745, ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-BAPTISTE CRESSON
Details
A LOUIS XV GILTWOOD CANAPE
Circa 1745, attributed to Jean-Baptiste Cresson
En suite with the preceding lots, the serpentine floral-carved crestrail centered by a flowering gourd, the waved rectangular padded back, sides and serpentine seat upholstered chassis covered in 18th century Aubusson tapestry depicting a stag hunt to the back and a boar hunt to the seat, above a waved floral-trailed seatrail, on flower-headed cabriole legs with scrolled toes, with a paper label inscribed B(?)907
73in. (185.5cm.) long
Circa 1745, attributed to Jean-Baptiste Cresson
En suite with the preceding lots, the serpentine floral-carved crestrail centered by a flowering gourd, the waved rectangular padded back, sides and serpentine seat upholstered chassis covered in 18th century Aubusson tapestry depicting a stag hunt to the back and a boar hunt to the seat, above a waved floral-trailed seatrail, on flower-headed cabriole legs with scrolled toes, with a paper label inscribed B(?)907
73in. (185.5cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired in Paris, 23 February 1928, and thence by descent.