ID 1345092
Lot 60 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILTWOOD BERGERES AUX OREILLES
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
BY LOUIS CRESSON, CIRCA 1745
Each with an arched back carved at the top with a rocaille cartouche issuing foliate branches, the button-tufted backs and serpentine seats each with a loose cushion covered in green cut velvet, above seatrails each carved with a similar cartouche, on cabochon-headed cabriole legs, each stamped L. CRESSON twice
40 ¾ in. (103.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Possibly acquired by Eugène I Schneider (1805-1875), his son Henri Schneider (1840-1898), or his grandson Eugène II Schneider (1868-1942).
Thence by descent to Marie-Zélie Schneider, duchesse de Brissac (1902-1999), and recorded in the family's Paris hôtel circa 1965.
Acquired from Galerie Segoura, Paris.
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| 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 |
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