A SUITE OF LOUIS XV SEAT FURNITURE
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A SUITE OF LOUIS XV SEAT FURNITURE

BY ETIENNE MEUNIER, CIRCA 1750

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A SUITE OF LOUIS XV SEAT FURNITURE
BY ETIENNE MEUNIER, CIRCA 1750
Comprising a canapé and six fauteuils, each with cartouche-shaped back covered in Aubusson tapestry covers, the backs depicting various chinoiserie figures, the seats with scenes from La Fontaine's Fables, within foliate-carved frames, with tapestry restorer's pencil inscription to underside of one, stamped to inside rear seatrail, rear seatrail to unstamped chair possibly replaced, restorations and minor variations to carving of rear central legs of canape, re-gilt, the canape and five fauteuils stamped E. MEUNIER, restorations and minor variations to the carving of the rear central legs and the rail to unstamped chair possibly replaced (7)
Provenance
Acquired privately from a château in the Loire Valley, France.

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Lot Essay

The first and most notable of the family of menuisiers, Etienne Meunier had his atelier on the rue de Cléry. He was active during the reign of Louis XV until the early 1770s, though his maîtrise date is not recorded.

The tapestry to the backs of this suite are inspired by François Boucher's re-worked tapestry series of the Tenture Chinoise which he supplied to Beauvais in 1743 and which was adapted by Jean-Joseph Dumons de Tulle for Aubusson. The seats on the other hand are based on Jean-Baptiste Oudry's designs for La Fable de Fontaine which were engraved and copied by tapestry designers from Charles Nicolas Cochin fils in 1755.

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