A PAIR OF LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD BERGERES
Lot 25 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION (LOTS 25-28)

A PAIR OF LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD BERGERES

BY MICHEL CRESSON, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD BERGERES
BY MICHEL CRESSON, MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with a shaped back, sides and rails carved with floral and foliate sprays, the seat rails carved with a central flower flanked by floral sprays, above cabriole legs, upholstered in a red and white cut velvet, each stamped 'M.CRESSON', one example with an old paper label inscribed '1'
33 1/8 in. (84 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) deep

The collection of Mrs. Corinna Kanavagh, Buenos Aires, sold at Sotheby's, London, 22 November 1963, lot 39.
With Jacques Helft, Paris.

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Michel Cresson, maître in 1740.
A related bergère was in the collection of the late Giuseppe Rossi, and sold, His sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 March 1999, lot 693.