CIRCA 1740, POSSIBLY BY MICHEL CRESSON

细节

A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD FAUTEUILS
Circa 1740, possibly by Michel Cresson
With arched toprails with central rocaille and ruffled stiles, the padded back and part-upholstered arms on foliate supports and above a serpentine padded seat, covered throughout in a crimson cut floral- velvet, the rocaille centered seat-rail with central pomegranate, on foliate-decorated cabriole legs, with typed labels Collection André Meyer/Paris 1970 and SA15A and SA15B, the front corner blocks replaced, one with minor loss to molded front edge around the à chassis seat, inscribed Hglo, originally painted (2)

拍品专文

With their stylised pomegranates and acanthus-spray headed cabriole legs, these fauteuils are stylistically close to the oeuvre of Michel Cresson (maître in 1740). The youngest son of the menuisier Jean Cresson and brother of Louis, Michel Cresson worked in the rue de Cléry Au Gros Chapelet and supplied seat-furniture to the prince de Condé at both the Palais-Bourbon and Chantilly.

A closely related pair is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p.210, fig. A.