A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS A LA REINE
A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS A LA REINE

BY LOUIS-MADELAINE PLUVINET, CIRCA 1780-1783

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A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS A LA REINE
BY LOUIS-MADELAINE PLUVINET, CIRCA 1780-1783
Each covered in crimson cut-velvet, the stiff leaf-carved frame flanked by fluted columns terminating in padded arms, above an entrelac-carved seat, on rosette-headed fluted tapering legs, stamped 'L.M. PLUVINET'
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high; 25 ½ in. (65 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

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Louis-Madelaine Pluvinet, maître in 1775.

This elegant set of fauteuils à la reine is stamped by the Parisian menuisier en siège Louis-Madelaine Pluvinet, who established his own atelier in 1778. Sadly his career was extremely brief, as he died in 1783, placing this group of seat furniture firmly in the period 1775-83 (P. Lemonnier, 'Pluvinet, Menuisiers, deux dynasties de maîtres menuisiers en sièges', L'Estampille, April 1993, p. 67). A comparable suite with similarly entrelac-carved decoration, but with medallion backs, was sold anonymously at Ader-Picard-Tajan, Monaco, 17 March 1988, lot 47.

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