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Lot 339
A SET OF TWELVE LOUIS XV CANED BEECH DINING-CHAIRS
CIRCA 1745, IN THE MANNER OF THE CRESSON DYNASTY
Closed12 July 2012
Price Realised
GBP 25,000
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Specialist note
The form and ornament of these chaises and the following canapé is closely related to the oeuvre of the Cressons
a family of Menuisiers operating from premises in the rue de Cléry, Paris. The first member of the dynasty to become maître was Charles Cresson in 1720; the last being his great nephew Nicolas Michel Cresson in 1770 (Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobillier Français du XVIII Siècle, Paris, 2002, pp. 230-241).
a family of Menuisiers operating from premises in the rue de Cléry, Paris. The first member of the dynasty to become maître was Charles Cresson in 1720; the last being his great nephew Nicolas Michel Cresson in 1770 (Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobillier Français du XVIII Siècle, Paris, 2002, pp. 230-241).