BY ETIENNE MEUNIER, MID-18TH CENTURY

細節

A SET OF SIX LOUIS XV GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
BY ETIENNE MEUNIER, MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with shaped padded back, arms and seat covered in pink floral satin damask, the moulded frame carved with flowerheads and acanthus, on cabriole legs headed by foliage and terminating in scrolling sabots, stamped 'E. MEUNIER' with paper labels inscribed '256' and 'MC', restorations to the seat-rails, regilt (6)

來源

Acquired in Januuary 1913.

注意事項

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.

拍品專文

The first and most notable of a family of menuisiers, Etienne Meunier had his atelier on the rue de Cléry. He is particularly noted for his preference for pittoresque floral motifs: 'Il n'utilise sûre que les fleurettes parcimonieusement disposés pour la décoration de ses sièges, d'une ligne sévère, mais toujours harmonieuse' (J. Nicolay, L'art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes Français au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1956, pp. 313-314).

Four fauteuils à la Reine which are apparently en suite with the Wildenstein chairs, retaining their original Beauvais tapestry covers, were sold in Paris, Ader Picard Tajan, 12 March 1986, lot 95.