A LOUIS XV GILTWOOD BERGERE A LA REINE
BY RENE CRESSON, MID-18TH CENTURY
The back, padded arms, seat and squab cushion covered in red cut-velvet upholstery, stamped 'CRESSON L'AINE'
38 in. (96 cm.) high; 33 in. (84 cm.) wide
A LOUIS XV GILTWOOD BERGERE A LA REINE
BY RENE CRESSON, MID-18TH CENTURY
The back, padded arms, seat and squab cushion covered in red cut-velvet upholstery, stamped 'CRESSON L'AINE'
38 in. (96 cm.) high; 33 in. (84 cm.) wide
Christie's New York, 26 April 1990, lot 168.
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Specialist note
René Cresson, called Cresson l'Ainé, maître in 1738.