A PAIR OF LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD CHAISES DE JARDIN

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD CHAISES DE JARDIN
With moulded channelled cartouche-shaped frames and folding backs, on cabriole legs with pointed feet, with green and violet check loose covers, one foot tipped, (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 6 April 1976, lot 118 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. D-26).

Literature

N. de Reyniès, Le Mobilier Domestique, Paris, 1987, vol. I, p. 68, fig. 97

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

With their distinctive folding backs, these amusing 'garden chairs' relate to a design illustrated in André-Jacob Roubo's L'Art du menuisier ébéniste (3rd vol.), published in 1774. Interestingly, L'Inventaire des biens de Madame de Pompadour (1764), lists several items of garden furniture, such as 'six chaises à dossier ployant garny de crin' and 'douze chaises de jardin à dossier ployant, couvert de toile peinte' (N. de Reyniès, Le Mobilier Domestique, Paris, 1987, vol. I, p. 68 and fig. 96).

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