A PAIR OF EMPIRE PARCEL-GILT AND CREAM-PAINTED CHAISES

CIRCA 1810, EACH STAMPED P. BRION

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE PARCEL-GILT AND CREAM-PAINTED CHAISES
circa 1810, each stamped p. brion
Each with ribbon-tied fasces cresting over a rosette and stiff-leaf top rail, the padded back and seat covered in patterned pink material, on turned double baluster legs headed by panelled flowerheads, on lapetted bun feet, each with paper label M. Blanche Stephenson, each stencilled IG 1745, 43697 and TU933, probably redecorated (2)

Lot Essay

These chaises formed part of an extensive suite supplied by the menuisier-sculpteur Pierre-Gaston Brion (born 1767) to the Intendance General or the Garde Meuble Impérial in 1811 and described on June 14th as follows:

un meuble de salon comprenant:
un canape de 6 pieds, 6 pouces à trois dossiers dit pommier en hêtre devant et derrière à flasques, bas de pieds tournés à consoles et dossier à fronton, le tout sculpté suivant le modéle et le dessin présentés à 60F
douze chaises id(em) à 30F
une bergère id. accotoirs fermés,à 10F
un écran id.
une méridienne de 36 pouces à 30F


The TU stencilled mark also signifies that the chairs furnished one of the rooms in the Tuileries Palace.

Two fauteuils from this suite with the brands TU 932, IG 1744 and a label 241-1744 were sold Sotheby's New York, 27 October 1990, lot 107. Two fauteuils and two chaises from the suite were sold Maître Kohn, Paris, 30 November 1994, lot 153.