A LOUIS XVI TWO-TONE GILT CANAPE
THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR (Lots 571 - 583)
A LOUIS XVI TWO-TONE GILT CANAPE

CIRCA 1770, STAMPED C. CHEVIGNY, REDECORATED

细节
A LOUIS XVI TWO-TONE GILT CANAPE
Circa 1770, stamped C. CHEVIGNY, redecorated
The ribbon-tied and guilloche-carved crest-rail above guilloche and acanthus-carved scrolled arms, the seat-rail with a central ribbon-tied laurel branch on tapering stop-fluted legs, the canapé covered in a cream and green striped silk with an additional pillow
51in. (129.5cm.) wide
来源
Galerie Yves Mikaeloff, sold Christie's New York, 21 May 1996, lot 386.

拍品专文

Claude Chevigny, maître in 1768.

The design of the frame is very closely related to a pair of chairs by Georges Jacob illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le MobilierFrançais du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, pp. 412 - 413.