AN EARLY LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD FAUTEUIL A LA REINE

ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN GOURDIN, CIRCA 1740

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AN EARLY LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD FAUTEUIL A LA REINE
Attributed to Jean Gourdin, circa 1740
The rectangular back with stiff leaf and trailing vine-carved crestrail, the caned back and seat with loose red silk damask cushion above a foliate caned seatrail centering a shell, on scroll and cabochon-headed cabriole legs ending in scroll feet, right front leg and arm supports replaced

Provenance

The Collection of Alice Tully, sold in these Rooms, 26-28 October, 1994, lot 149 ($5,750).

Lot Essay

The distinct berried stiff leaf carving framing the back and overall sinuous outline of this armchair is closely related to that on a fauteuil attributed to Jean Gourdin (maître in 1737) in the Louvre, illustrated in B. Pallot, Furniture Collections in the Louvre, Paris, 1993, vol. II, pp. 46-47.

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