A SET OF SIX LOUIS PHILIPPE WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT DINING CHAIRS

CHARLES MUNIER IS RECORDED AS A TAPISSIER, MIROITIER ET FABRICANT DES MEUBLES, ESTABLISHED AT 41-43 RUE MESLAY AND THEN 164 RUE MONTMARTRE FROM 1830-1863. AROUND 1840 HE OBTAINED THE TITLE OF FOURNISSEUR DU MOBILIER DE LA COURONNE. HE WAS ESSENTIALLY AN UPHOLSTERER AND RECOVERED NUMEROUS CHAIRS FOR THE GARDE MEUBLE, WHICH HE BRANDED WITH HIS STAMP. IN 1836-1837 HE COMPLETED WORK FOR VERSAILLES AND THE GRAND TRIANON, AND IN 1853 FOR THE TUILERIES.