BY MICHEL CRESSON

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A LOUIS XV BLUE-PAINTED MARQUISE
By Michel Cresson
The pierced channelled cartouche-shaped back with interlaced C-scrolls, the pierced toprail centred by flowerheads, the shaped central splat carved with a ribbon-tied floral trail, the padded arm, serpentine seat and squab cushion covered in blue and green floral-decorated ivory satine, the moulded seat-rail centred by scrolling foliage, on channelled cabriole legs headed by flowers, stamped 'M. CRESSON'
36½in. (93cm.) wide

Provenance

Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 23 June 1988, lot 53 (£ 9,900).

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Michel Cresson, maître in 1740.
The distinctive pierced back, almost à l'anglaise, appears to have been very rarely used by French menusiers.

Michel Cresson (1709 - 1781) was the youngest son of Jean Cresson who was a menuisier during the first half of the 18th Century. Michel was established in the rue de Cléry 'Au Gros Chapelet', and his production of Louis XV seat-furniture compares closely to that of his brother Louis. Michel is recorded to have supplied seat-furniture to the prince de Condé for the Palais-Bourbon and for Chantilly.

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