Jean-Baptiste Gourdin, maître in 1748

Two pairs of related fauteuils by Gourdin with foliate-carved crestings and similarly scrolled arms were sold Sotheby's New York, 16 May 1987, lot 87 and another pair of fauteuils by Gourdin are illustrated in F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, Vol. I, 1966, nos. 9A and B, pp. 14-15.