Live Auction 8013From Milan to Rome - The Collections of Two Italian Designers
A LOUIS XV BEECH FAUTEUIL DE BUREAU
Lot 135

A LOUIS XV BEECH FAUTEUIL DE BUREAU

BY ETIENNE MEUNIER, CIRCA 1750

Closed16 November 2011

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A LOUIS XV BEECH FAUTEUIL DE BUREAU
BY ETIENNE MEUNIER, CIRCA 1750
The arched back with padded arms and squab cushion covered in blue damask, the split-cane panelled back and seat on foliate carved cabriole legs and scrolled toes, stamped 'E MEVNIER', two feet tipped
34 in. (86.5 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The first and most notable of the family of menuisiers, Etienne Meunier had his atelier on the rue de Cléry. He was active during the reign of Louis XV until the early 1770s, though his maîtrise date is not recorded. His work was partly sold through the intermediary of marchands-ébénistes such as Etienne Igoe, but primarily Pierre Migeon (B. Pallot, The Art of the Chair, Paris, 1989, p. 312).