BY FRANCOIS REUZE, CIRCA 1750

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
BY FRANCOIS REUZE, CIRCA 1750
Each upholstered à chassis, the back rails each with red paint C.C. 38, one stamped ...R.C. REUZE, the other with partial printed paper label GALLERIES G… No.72

Provenance

The Collection of Madame Lucienne Fribourg, Parke Bernet, New York, 19 April 1969, lot 184.
The Collection of Henry Ford II, Sotheby’s, New York, 25 February, 1978, lot 72.
Acquired from Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York, March 1978.

Exhibited

Exposition Internationale du Cadre du XV au XX Siècle, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, April 1931, no.734.

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Lot Essay

Francois Reuze, maître in 1743.

The oeuvre of François Reuze, almost all executed in a mature Louis XV style, is characterized by its ample, generous proportions and the fluidity of its lines. Based on the rue de Cléry, he worked extensively for the royal court, particularly for Queen Marie Antoinette, and also for the royal court of Sweden. A number of pieces by Reuze, including a marquise à la reine, are in the collection of the Musée Carnavalet, Paris (see Anne Forray-Carlier, Le Mobiler du Musée Carnavalet, Dijon, 2000, p.110).

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