CIRCA 1750

Details

A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILTWOOD BERGERES
Circa 1750
Each with arched crestrail centered by stylized foliage, over a padded close-nailed back, seat and sides covered in green and yellow floral patterned silk upholstery, with downswept armrests set with rocaille clasps, over a shaped crestrail centered by a pendant husk and C-scrolls, on cabriole legs headed by rocaille clasps, on volute feet, with a tag and chalk mark inscribed 5614, regilt (2)

Provenance

Acquired from Dalva Brothers, New York.

Lot Essay

The distinctive carving to the seat-rail is reminiscent of the carving of Jean-Baptiste Cresson, maître 1738. A chair with similar light carved decoration to the seat-rail is illustrated in P. Verlet, French Cabinetmakers of the Eighteenth Century, Paris, 1963, p.88, plate 3.

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