Lot Essay
Jean Gourdin, known as Pére Gourdin, recorded 1737-1763
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THE PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV WALNUT FAUTEUILS A LA REINE
CIRCA 1735, EACH STAMPED I. GOURDIN
Details
A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV WALNUT FAUTEUILS A LA REINE
Circa 1735, each stamped i. gourdin
Each with cartouche-shaped back with shell-carved cresting and serpentine seat covered in floral gros point needlework, the frame carved with C-scrolls and floral trails, with a shell-carved seat rail on foliate-headed cabriole legs with pieds de biche (2)
Circa 1735, each stamped i. gourdin
Each with cartouche-shaped back with shell-carved cresting and serpentine seat covered in floral gros point needlework, the frame carved with C-scrolls and floral trails, with a shell-carved seat rail on foliate-headed cabriole legs with pieds de biche (2)
Provenance
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 25-26 January 1963, Lot 327 The Collection of Alice Tully, sold in these rooms, 26-28 October 1994, Lot 160