ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS LAPIERRE OR JACQUES CHENAUX, CIRCA 1775

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A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD AND TAPESTRY UPHOLSTERED FAUTEUIL
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS LAPIERRE OR JACQUES CHENAUX, CIRCA 1775
Channeled throughout, the arched back with a ribbon cresting, padded arms and a bowed seat upholstered in brass studded tapestry depicting scenes from Aesop's fables, on roundel-headed tapering and fluted legs, inscribed in chalk to the underside G David
39 in. (99 cm.) high; 27 in. (69 cm.) wide; 28 in. (71 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Ghislaine David, Paris.

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Lot Essay

A closely related pair of fauteuils stamped by Chenaux, from the Collection of Mrs Dorothy and the late Wendell Cherry, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 10 December 1994. A further example by Chenaux is illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Francais du XVIII Siecle, Paris, 1998, p. 176.

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