BY CLAUDE CHEVIGNY, CIRCA 1770

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BERGERES
BY CLAUDE CHEVIGNY, CIRCA 1770
Channelled overall, with an arched padded arched back, arms and seat upholstered in Claremont blue silk damask, on tapering turned fluted legs, one stamped 'C.CHEVIGNY', re-gilt
37 ¾ in. (96 cm.) high; 23 ¼ in. (60 cm.) wide; 27 in. (69 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Mallett, London.

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Lot Essay

Claude Chevigny, maître in 1768.
The ébéniste Claude Chevigny worked from the rue de Cléry, Paris, during the last quarter of the 18th century and specialised in luxury seat furniture for the French nobility. Among his notable commissions was the Château de Chanteloup for the Duc de Choiseul and the Château de Modave in Belgium for the Duc de Montmorency.

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