A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD FAUTEUILS A LA REINE

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A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD FAUTEUILS A LA REINE
IN THE MANNER OF MICHEL CRESSON

Each with foliate-wrapped, channelled, cartouche-shaped frame centred by a rockwork, C-scroll and pomegranate cabochon, the padded back, outscrolled channelled arms and seat covered in blue-patterned silk depicting a chinoiserie temple amongst foliage, the panelled waved seat-rail carved with a further pomegranate cartouche, on foliate-headed cabriole legs and scroll feet, restorations and some later fillets to seat-rails, previously painted, variously inscribed in pencil (4)

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These fauteuils are stylistically related to the oeuvre of Michel Cresson, maître in 1740. The pomegrenate is a recurrent decorative feature and the palmettes on the legs are very close to those on a fauteuil illustrated by P. Kjellberg in 'Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe siecle', Paris 1989, p. 210, fig. A, as well as on a pair of fauteuils sold anonymously at Sotheby's, 3 December 1994, lot 264

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