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Lot Essay
These chaises formed part of an extensive suite supplied by the menuisier-sculpteur Pierre-Gaston Brion (born 1767) to the Intendance General or the Garde Meuble Impirial in 1811 and described on June 14th as follows:
un meuble de salon comprenant:
un canape de 6 pieds, 6 pouces ' trois dossiers dit pommier en hjtre devant et derrihre ' flasques, bas de pieds tournis ' consoles et dossier ' fronton, le tout sculpti suivant le modile et le dessin prisentis ' 60F
douze chaises id(em) ' 30F
une berghre id. accotoirs fermis,' 10F
un icran id.
une miridienne de 36 pouces ' 30F
The TU stencilled mark also signifies that the chairs furnished one of the rooms in the Tuileries Palace.
Two fauteuils from this suite with the brands TU 932, IG 1744 and a label 241-1744 were sold Sotheby's New York, 27 October 1990, lot 107. Two fauteuils and two chaises from the suite were sold Mantre Kohn, Paris, 30 November 1994, lot 153.
un meuble de salon comprenant:
un canape de 6 pieds, 6 pouces ' trois dossiers dit pommier en hjtre devant et derrihre ' flasques, bas de pieds tournis ' consoles et dossier ' fronton, le tout sculpti suivant le modile et le dessin prisentis ' 60F
douze chaises id(em) ' 30F
une berghre id. accotoirs fermis,' 10F
un icran id.
une miridienne de 36 pouces ' 30F
The TU stencilled mark also signifies that the chairs furnished one of the rooms in the Tuileries Palace.
Two fauteuils from this suite with the brands TU 932, IG 1744 and a label 241-1744 were sold Sotheby's New York, 27 October 1990, lot 107. Two fauteuils and two chaises from the suite were sold Mantre Kohn, Paris, 30 November 1994, lot 153.