Lot 233
  • 233

Paire de chaises en bois sculpté redoré d'époque Louis XVI, estampillées I. AVISSE

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 EUR
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Description

  • wood
  • Haut. 86,5 cm
  • Height 34 in
le dossier ajouré à décor de lyres sculptées de rais de coeur, la ceinture ornée de perles et culots reposant sur des pieds fuselés cannelés ; recouvertes de velours cramoisi

Provenance

Etude Beaussant-Lefèvre, vente à Paris, le 18 décembre 2002, lot 116

Condition

The illustration is accurate. Good overall condition despite the inevitable scratches and marks throughout due to age and use. Both construction are sound and firm. Some chips to the gilding revelaing white gesso underneath. The gilding is probably later.
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Catalogue Note

Jean Avisse, menuisier reçu maître en 1745