LARGE FAUTEUIL "A LA REINE"

LARGE FAUTEUIL "A LA REINE",

Louis XV, signed M. CRESSON (Michel Cresson, maître 1740), Paris ca. 1750.

Molded beech, finely carved with flowers, leaves, cartouches and decorative frieze. Blue velour cover. 1 leg repaired.

72x58x46x98 cm.

Provenance:
- from a private collection, Switzerland.

An almost identical fauteuil by M. Cresson is depicted in: P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du 18e siècle, Paris 1989; p. 210 (Ill. B).

Ref.:
- P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1976; p. 210 (biogr. information).
- J. Nicolay, L'art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes français au XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1976; p. 36 (biogr. information).