Live Auction 7464Un hôtel particulier du Faubourg Saint-Germain The Collection of The Marquis and Marquise de Ravenel
A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD FAUTEUILS
Lot 97

A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD FAUTEUILS

BY ETIENNE MEUNIER, CIRCA 1745

Closed22 November 2007

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GBP 8,125

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A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD FAUTEUILS
BY ETIENNE MEUNIER, CIRCA 1745
Each with a foliate-carved channelled frame, the padded back, arms and seat upholstered in cream cotton, some legs re-tipped with later blocks, previously decorated, stamped E. MEUNIER, two stamped twice, two stamped once (4)

Purchased from Didier Aaron, New York, June 1978.

Specialist note

The first and most notable of a family of menuisiers, Etienne Meunier had his atelier on the rue de Clery. He is particularly noted for his preference for pittoresque floral motifs. Etienne Meunier's maîtrise is apparently unrecorded. He was, however, a member of the celebrated dynasty of Menuisiers that included Jean-Baptiste Meunier (maître in 1739), Antoine (maître in 1782) and Antoine-Luc (maître in 1782).