From 06.10 to 30.11 - Remise 25\% - Stamped SENE - Pair of cabriolet armchairs - 18th century

From 06.10 to 30.11 - 25% discount - New price: €3,150

Beautiful pair of cabriolet armchairs in molded and carved wood.
The back is purplish.
The arms and legs are curved.
Both stamped "C.SENE" with the "N" turned over: his signature.
Printed velvet upholstery in good condition

Louis XV period

H: 90; L: W: 64 cm; D: 57 cm.
Provenance:
- Galerie des Ventes, Morlaix, April 8, 1996, lot 552.

Claude I SENE (1724-1792) - Cabinetmaker. Paris. Mastered July 20, 1743.
Claude I Sené, son of Jean Sené, was admitted to his master's degree on July 20, 1743.
Having married a sister of carpenter Jean-Etienne Saint-Georges, he set up shop with his brother-in-law on rue de Cléry under the sign "du Grand Saint-Georges".
Although they worked in the same workshop, the two men were independent and each signed their own works.
Claude I Sené left us some very fine, comfortable and elegant Louis XV chairs, often mounted on frames. However, there are very few Louis XVI seats, apart from a magnificent sofa with a backrest made up of three medallions "carved with rose wreaths, olive branches, laurel torus, rais-de-coeur and acanthus".
Claude Sené retired from the profession in 1780.

Bibliography
Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIème Siècle - Pierre Kjellberg - Les Editions de l'Amateur - 2002
Les ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle - Comte François de Salverte - Les éditions d'Art et d'Histoire - 1934
L'art du siège au XVIIIe siècle en France - Bill G.B. Pallot - ACR-Gismondi Editeurs - 1996
L'art et la manière des maîtres ébénistes français au XVIIIe siècle - Jean Nicolay - édition Pygmalion - 1976

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