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<meta charset="UTF-8" />Large armchair à la Reine used as an office chair, beautiful finely carved ceremonial model upholstered with a horsehair cover woven on hand-looms. This luxury fabric is now only manufactured by one company in France and in the world. Parisian work from the Louis XVI period, 1780s. Not stamped, it is the work of a good Parisian seat carpenter.
The particularity of this front belt in a gendarme's hat, which can be found on another seat by Claude Séné that we are offering for sale, encourages us to attribute this seat to this same master.
Claude II Sené known as the Younger - Parisian cabinetmaker, master on July 31, 1769. Younger son of Claude I and brother of the famous Jean-Baptiste Claude, he worked on rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis but had to file for bankruptcy in 1783.
A beautiful amateur model, with rich decoration and elegant lines. The horsehair cover is a real plus.
Very good condition, sound and play-free joinery with usual restorations. Armchair re-lacquered and re-patinated in the 20th century. We had the horsehair cover removed from the seat to re-curve it.
Width: 61cm
Height: 95cm
Depth: 64cm
Seat height: 40cm
Ref: ELIZONEPLI