A pair of carved giltwood bergères stamped A. P. Dupain Louis XVI, late 18th century

each with a rectangular padded back with concave corners flanked by finials and fluted padded arms, above a loose cushion, padded seat, front supports in the form of fluted balusters, the seat-rail carved with leaves on fluted tapering legs; regilt

Adrien-Pierre Dupain, received master in 1772

Dupain was established in the Rue Charonne, Paris and under Louis XVI carried out commissions for various Royal residences, in particular for the Queen at the Château de Saint-Cloud. His stamp is most unusual consisting of his initial and surname engraved in reverse in the form of a circle (see Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1998, 286-290).

A similar bergère is illustrated by Jean Nicolay, Maîtres Ebénistes Français, Paris, 1976, p. 166, fig. D