BY LOUIS MICHEL LEFEVRE, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV WALNUT FAUTEUIL A COIFFER
BY LOUIS MICHEL LEFEVRE, MID-18TH CENTURY
The curved padded back, arms and seat covered in yellow satin, on cabriole legs carved with foliage, terminating in scrolled foliate feet, stamped 'L.M...FEVRE'

Provenance

The Estate of Sarah Hunter Kelly; Christie's, New York, 20 November 1982, lot 178 (to Dreesmann).
The Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann Collection; Christie's London, 10 April 2002, lot 212.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Louis Michel Lefèvre, maître in 1749.

Recorded in rue Saint-Nicolas until the early 1780s, Lefèvre executed mainly Louis XV and Louis XVI seat-furniture. Interestingly, Lefèvre is one of the rare menuisiers who also worked as an ébéniste, as some commodes en tombeau bear his stamp, sometimes along with that of Jean Mathieu Chevallier (maître in 1742).

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