A pair of Empire parcel-gilt and gray-painted fauteuils circa 1810, stamped P. Brion

With the stenciled marks IG. 1744, 43696,--932 and T.U. 932, probably for the Palais des Tuileries, one also with paper label 1744, 241.

Palais des Tuileries
Purchased by Mrs. Lerner from Dalva Brothers, New York in 1960

Gladys Freeman, "The Setting is French," Town and Country, November 1962, p. 107

With scattered age and construction cracks, dents and abrasions. Gesso with scattered cracks, chips and losses. Gilding and paint refreshed and now with losses, rubbing and surface dirt. Very minor old worm damage to underside.
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These fauteuils belong to a group of seat furniture supplied by Brion to the imperial garde meuble. A pair of chairs from the same suite with corresponding inventory numbers was sold Sotheby's New York, June 3, 2008, lot 193, whereas a pair of fauteuils, also with with matching inventory numbers, was sold Sotheby's New York, October 27, 1990, lot 107. A fauteuil (one of a pair) from this set, but lacking its cresting, formerly with Didier Aaron, Paris, is illustrated Christophe Huchet de Quenetain, Le Styles Consulat et Empire, Paris, 2005, p. 100, fig. 69.