A SET OF EIGHT WHITE-PAINTED AND BLUE-LEATHER SIDE CHAIRS
Lot 319 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE

A SET OF EIGHT WHITE-PAINTED AND BLUE-LEATHER SIDE CHAIRS

ATTRIBUTED TO MAISON JANSEN, CIRCA 1940, OF LOUIS XVI-STYLE

Closed11 September 2019

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A SET OF EIGHT WHITE-PAINTED AND BLUE-LEATHER SIDE CHAIRS
ATTRIBUTED TO MAISON JANSEN, CIRCA 1940, OF LOUIS XVI-STYLE
36 ¼ in. (92 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep

Specialist note

This set of chauffeuses with their raised padded backs and rosette-capped tapering fluted legs are typical of the 'Louis XVI style' produced by Maison Jansen in the mid-20th century under the presidency of Stéphane Boudin; a related example by Jansen is illustrated in James Archer Abbott, Jansen Furniture, New York, 2007, p. 104.