BY JEAN AVISSE, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XV GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
BY JEAN AVISSE, MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with cartouche-shaped back, padded arms and drop-in seat covered à châssis with Aubusson tapestry in wools and silks, depicting pastoral scenes, the chanelled frame carved to the cresting with a foliate spray, the outscrolled arms above cabriole legs terminating in foliate-carved feet, each stamped 'I.AVISSE', regilt
36½ in. (93 cm.) high (4)

Provenance

Christie's Monaco, 10 December 2000, lot 648, FF 587,500.

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Lot Essay

Jean Avisse (1723-c.1796), maître in 1745.

With their deeply moulded frames, sparse carved clasps and à chassis covers, these elegant and generous fauteuils are characteristic of Jean Avisse's work of circa 1755-1765. He employed various specialist carvers in his workshop, notably Jean-François Baillard, Claude Vinauche and Pierre Rousseau, which explains the richness and diversity of the carving of his chairs (P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 2002, p. 33).

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