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Lot 380
  • 380

A pair of Louis XV/XVI transitional gray-painted and carved marquises Circa 1770, stamped P. Bernard JME

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Pierre Bernard (c.1730-1788), maître in 1766
  • beechwood
  • height 32 1/2 in.
  • 82.5 cm

Catalogue Note

Pierre Bernard was the son of a cabinet-maker and although he was established in the faubourg Saint-Antoine, the preferred territory of Parisian cabinet-makers, he became a menuisier.  Bernard produced seat furniture in both rococo and neoclassical styles.  There are examples of his work in the transitional style including two armchairs in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.