ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN ÉTIENNE SAINT-GEORGES, CIRCA 1745, PARTIALLY RE-DECORATED,

Jean Étienne Saint-Georges, maître 10 April 1747, was son of menusier Étienne Saint-Georges and brother to Claude I Sené. He is recorded at his fathers workshop at rue de Cléry however, he established his own identity and style through the influence of sculptors such as Pierre Groult, Vincent Nauroy and Nicolas Grouel, while working for marchands-merciers such as the Presle brothers. Known for his work in the Louis XV taste, his fauteuil range from simple utilitarian objects to stately models of exceptional quality. A related fauteuil with a similarly arched and eared crestrail, carved and shaped back supports and leaf-carved knees is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français Du XVIIIe Siècle, 1989, p.769.