One of four 91- Four Armchairs (fauteuih a fa reiné)
Paris, circa 1735
Gessoed and gilded walnut, modern silk vel
vet upholstery
Height: 3 ft. 5% in. (104.8 cm); Width:
2 ft. 1% in. (64.1 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 10% in.
(57.8 cm)
Accession number 75 .DA.8.1-.4
PROVENANCE
Hubert de Givenchy, Paris; [Jacques Kugel,
Paris]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Pallot, L'Art du siege, p. 108, illus. - Desk Chair (fauteuil de cabinet)
Paris, circa 1735
Attributed to Etienne Meunier
Walnut; leather upholstery; velvet pocket
linings; brass studs
Height: 2 ft. n^3 /s in. (90.8 cm); Width:
2 ft. 4 in. (71.1 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 1%. in.
(64.1 cm)
Accession number 71.DA.91
PROVENANCE
[Duveen Brothers, New York]; Anna
Thomson Dodge, Rose Terrace, Grosse
Pointe Farms, Michigan (sold, Christies,
London, June 24,1971, lot 48); purchased
at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
92One of two 93- Two Armchairs (fauteuih) and Two
Side Chairs (chaises)
Paris, circa 173 5-1740
Gessoed and gilded beech; modern silk
upholstery
Armchairs: Height: 3 ft. 7/2 in. (no.5 cm);
Width: 2 ft. 6/8 in. (76.6 cm); Depth:
2 ft. SVs in. (83.7 cm); Side Chairs: Height:
3 ft. ι in. (94.1 cm); Width: 2 ft.^3 /s in.
(62 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 3^3 /s in. (69.4 cm)
Accession number 82 .DA.95.1—.4
PROVENANCE
Private collection, England, from the eigh
teenth century until 1979; [William Red-
ford, London, 1979]; [Alexander and
Berendt, Ltd., London, 1979].
6A FRENCH SEAT FURNITURE