ID 892319
Lot 76 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILTWOOD BERGERES
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 100 000
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE CRESSON, MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with arched back, arms and squab-cushion covered in gold embossed-velvet, the cresting with rocaille cartouche flanked by floral scrolls and with scallop-shell angles above the conformingly-carved C-scroll seat-rail and on cabriole legs headed by conforming motifs to the front and with scallop-shells to the back-legs, terminating in raised foliate scroll feet, stamped 'I.B. CRESSON'
41 in. (104 cm.) high; 32 1/2 in. (82.5 cm.) wide; 34 1/2 in. (88 cm.) deep
Provenance
Private American Collection until sold,
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 20 October 2006, lot 764 ($216,000).
Special notice
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| Artist: | Jean-Baptiste Cresson (1720 - 1781) |
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| Medium: | Giltwood |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
| Artist: | Jean-Baptiste Cresson (1720 - 1781) |
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| Medium: | Giltwood |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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