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Lot Essay
Jean-Baptiste Cresson, maître in 1741.
The richly carved, fluid lines of these handsome fauteuils are typical of the work of Parisian menuisiers working in the 1740's and 1750's. Jean-Baptiste Cresson came from a famous family of menuisiers, his father Charles having achieved his maîtrise in 1720.
A closely related pair of fauteuils by his cousin Louis Cresson (maître in 1738) at Waddesdon Manor is illustrated in G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection: Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, Fribourg, 1974, vol. II, pp. 602 - 603, cat. 128, while a furthe pair, slightly less rich in design and also by Louis Cresson, in the Wrightsman Collection is illustrated in F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection: Furniture, New York, 1966, vol. I, p. 10, cat. 6.
A further set of six chaises of similar overall profile by Jean-Baptiste Cresson was sold from the Patiño Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 1 November 1986, lot 110.
The richly carved, fluid lines of these handsome fauteuils are typical of the work of Parisian menuisiers working in the 1740's and 1750's. Jean-Baptiste Cresson came from a famous family of menuisiers, his father Charles having achieved his maîtrise in 1720.
A closely related pair of fauteuils by his cousin Louis Cresson (maître in 1738) at Waddesdon Manor is illustrated in G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection: Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, Fribourg, 1974, vol. II, pp. 602 - 603, cat. 128, while a furthe pair, slightly less rich in design and also by Louis Cresson, in the Wrightsman Collection is illustrated in F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection: Furniture, New York, 1966, vol. I, p. 10, cat. 6.
A further set of six chaises of similar overall profile by Jean-Baptiste Cresson was sold from the Patiño Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 1 November 1986, lot 110.