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A set of three Royal Louis XVI giltwood chairs, delivered for the Château de Compiègne 's Games room, by Jean-Bapstiste Claude Sené, sculpted by Alexandre Régnier, 1790
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Description
decorated with interlaces, florets, resting on fluted legs decorated with water leaves, with an orange upholstery, marked with E, and a label inscribed pour le service du Roy / à Compiègne / n°1 et u and a label Exposition internationale du cadre du XVe au XXe (avril 1931), galeriste Georges Petit, Paris, n° 882 (hors catalogue)
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Haut. 91 cm, larg. 57 cm, prof. 51 cm;
Height. 36 in, width. 22 1/4 in, depth. 20 in
Delivered for the Salon des Jeux of King Louis XVI at the Château de Compiègne in 1790
Related Literature
P. Verlet, Le Mobilier Royal Français, T. II, 1992, n° 40.
C. Pallot, Le Mobilier du musée du Louvre, T. 2, Dijon, 1993.
C. Baulez and all, « Louis XVI et Marie-Antoinette à Compiègne », cat. exhibit. Musée national du Château de Compiègne , 25 october 2006- 29 january 2007.
Probably, Le cadre du XVe au XXe siècle (April 1931), Exposition Internationale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, N°882 (non-catalog).
The corresponding order, dated March 17, 1790, provides information on the textile decor and composition of the furniture: "The furniture is in Pekin with a white background of flowers, fruit, birds from the Indies and terraces, framed by a white background border with flowers, adorned with a small yellow and violet listel. The set comprises forty-two seats, including two checked bergères and two foot stools, six armchairs and, ten checked chairs, twenty full upholstered chairs and four voyeuses".
The order took just over six months to complete, and once delivered, was not used by Louis XVI, who remained under house arrest at the Tuileries, despite certain inclinations on the part of the Court to leave Paris and move to Compiègne. This was one of the last major commissions carried out for the monarchy. Among the surviving seats, a bergère, an armchair and a chair in the Château de Versailles museum (inv. V.4552-4554 and 4432) covered with painted Peking made by Tassinari et Chatel from the original 1791 descriptions were presented at the Compiègne exhibition. Another chair is now in the Musée du Louvre (inv. OA. 9412).
A pair of armchairs and a pair of chairs belonging to this prestigious set were sold by the Ader Auction house on December 7, 1976, lot 87.