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A Louis XV Caned Beechwood Fauteuil de Cabinet, Circa 1765, Stamped J.C. Briois

Lot Closed

October 18, 04:46 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A Louis XV Caned Beechwood Fauteuil de Cabinet, Circa 1765, Stamped J.C. Briois


Jean-Claude Briois (d.1782) maître 1766


height 32 ¼ in.; width 25 in.

81.9 cm; 63.5 cm

Sotheby's, New York June 5, 1977, Lot 195

Briois established his workshop in the rue Charenton which was quite unusual since this was an area largely populated by ébénistes. Receiving his maîtrise in 1766, he continued to work in the Louis XV idiom as well as the Louis XVI style.