A LOUIS XV GILTWOOD BERGERE
Lot 1060

A LOUIS XV GILTWOOD BERGERE

BY JEAN AVISSE, CIRCA 1750

Closed1 November 2018

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USD 5,000

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A LOUIS XV GILTWOOD BERGERE
BY JEAN AVISSE, CIRCA 1750
The foliate-carved back, arms and seat covered in cream silk brocade, the reverse incised with floral sprays, stamped AVISSE

Acquired from Bensimon, Paris, in 1968.

Specialist note

Jean Avisse, maître in 1745.

Avisse (1723-1796) whose workshop was established on the Rue Cléry, first supplied tapestry makers and marchands-merciers before he could exclusively work for private clients such as the Marquise de Chabannes, the Comtesse de Fontenay and the Chevalier de Lamotte. He worked with highly skilled woodcarvers such as Jean-François Baillard, Pierre Rousseau and Claude Vinache, producing some of the finest Rococo seat furniture of the eighteenth century.