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A SUITE OF LOUIS XV SEAT-FURNITURE BY LOUIS-CHARLES CARPENTIER THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE (LOTS 16-19)

A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS

BY LOUIS-CHARLES CARPENTIER

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
By Louis-Charles Carpentier
Each with channelled and foliate-gadrooned shaped back and bow-fronted seat with à chassis upholstery covered in crimson needlework decorated with flower-sprays, the toprail centred by a floral-spray and framed by conforming C-scrolls, the ears carved conformingly, the arms with scrolling supports, the seat-rail centred by a floral heart-shaped cartouche, on cabriole legs headed by a floral spray and terminating in scrolling feet, each stamped 'L.C. CARPENTIER', and numbered 'I', and 'V' (2)

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Louis-Charles Carpentier, maître in 1752.

Established in the Rue de Cléry, Carpentier enjoyed considerable success from the beginning of his career until 1779, when he sold his atelier with its 'outils, établis, ustenciles et bois' to Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené. His clientele included various illustrious names such as baron Rolin d'Ivry, the marquise de Brunoy, the duchesse de Villeroy and the duc d'Aumont. In addition, he supplied the prince de Condé with furniture for the châteaux de Chantilly and Vanves, and the Palais Bourbon (B. Pallot, Furniture Collections in the Louvre, Dijon, 1993, vol. II, p. 189).

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