A PAIR OF REGENCE GRAINED FAUTEUILS, each with the rectangular shaped back, arm-rests and serpentine drop-in seat unholstered in associated gros-point needlework, the shaped cresting and apron carved with flowers and foliate scrolls, on cabriole legs headed by flowers and on foliate feet, one front leg replaced, one seat partially re-railed, losses to carving, one stamped 8746, the other 8477 and both in blue crayon C 1/2 386 (2)

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A PAIR OF REGENCE GRAINED FAUTEUILS, each with the rectangular shaped back, arm-rests and serpentine drop-in seat unholstered in associated gros-point needlework, the shaped cresting and apron carved with flowers and foliate scrolls, on cabriole legs headed by flowers and on foliate feet, one front leg replaced, one seat partially re-railed, losses to carving, one stamped 8746, the other 8477 and both in blue crayon C 1/2 386 (2)

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With their deep seat and low proportions, these fauteuils relate to the upholstered chaises depicted in Jean-François de Troy's La Lecture de Milière, circa 1730. This picture is to be offered from the collection of the Marquess of Cholmondeley, in these Rooms, 8 December 1994, lot 147.
A related fauteuil, attributed to the meniusier Louis Cresson (maître in 1738), is in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris and is illustrated in B.G.B. Pallot, L'art du Siège au XVIIIe Siècle en France, Paris, 1987, p. 127

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