BY CRESSENT, LATE 18TH CENTURY AND POSSIBLY PARTLY LATER CARVED, ONE FAUTEUIL STAMPED CRESSENT, ALL WITH VARIOUS STAMPS AND STENCILED INVENTORY NUMBERS SUCH AS S C 9160 AND TH,

Cressent is recorded in 1811 as having supplied chairs for the Imperial Administration. A number of other works by his hand all dating from the late 18th or early 19th century are in the Mobilier National and in private collections. The inventory stamps and stenciled numbers are for the Château de Saint Cloud and the Palais des Tuileries during the Restauration period.