Live Auction 16185A Love Affair with France: The Elizabeth Stafford Collection
A LOUIS XV WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT BERGERE EN GONDOLE
Lot 1052

A LOUIS XV WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT BERGERE EN GONDOLE

BY JEAN BAPTISTE GOURDIN, CIRCA 1750

Closed1 November 2018

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A LOUIS XV WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT BERGERE EN GONDOLE
BY JEAN BAPTISTE GOURDIN, CIRCA 1750
The foliate-carved back, arms and seat covered in blue silk damask, stamped twice I. GOURDIN

Acquired from Palais Galliera, Paris, in 1972.

Specialist note

Jean-Baptiste Gourdin, maître in 1748.

This bergere and the pair of fauteuils, lot 1054, are by Jean-Baptiste Gourdin, the son of Jean Gourdin (maître-menuisier in 1714). Jean-Baptiste established his workshop in the rue de Cléry near that of his father, and supplied mostly Louis XV seat-furniture.