ONE FAUTEUIL EARLY LOUIS XV, CIRCA 1735, THE OTHERS OF A LATER DATE

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A SUITE OF FRENCH BEECHWOOD SEAT-FURNITURE
ONE FAUTEUIL EARLY LOUIS XV, CIRCA 1735, THE OTHERS OF A LATER DATE
Comprising: a pair of fauteuils and four chaises each with cartouche-shaped padded back and seat covered à chassis in green silk velvet, the frame profusely carved with foliage and shells, on cabriole legs terminating in scrolling feet, inscribed '2651', the 18th century fauteuil incised 'VII' (6)

Provenance

Acquired from Gunzburg, 6 February 1917.

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Lot Essay

Showing lasting influences of the Régence style, this fauteuil is a fine example of the production during the early Louis XV period. Its strong moulding and bold carving seem to derivate from the oeuvre of Jean-Baptiste Cresson, of which a related fauteuil, circa 1740, is illustrated in B. Pallot, The art of the chair in the eighteenth-Century France, Paris, 1989, p. 265.

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