A MATCHED PAIR OF LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD CHAISES

CIRCA 1750, ONE STAMPED TWICE I. GOURDIN, PREVIOUSLY DECORATED

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A MATCHED PAIR OF LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD CHAISES
Circa 1750, one stamped twice I. GOURDIN, previously decorated
Each rocaille-carved crest and seatrail on acanthus-carved cabriole legs, covered in blue and cream floral-silk (2)

Lot Essay

Jean-Baptiste Gourdin, maître in 1748.

Several chairs by Gourdin, with nearly identical carving overall, are illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 367.

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