Circa 1775, with ribboned and channelled frames, the shaped back within a lotus-leaf moulded surround surmounted by three ribbon-tied crestings, with a conforming serpentine seat frame, on eight fluted tapering legs terminating in acanthus capped feet, 212cm wide x 83cm deep x 105cm high, (83in wide x 32 1/2in deep x 41in high)

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Provenance
With Dalva Brothers, New York prior to 27 October 2001.
Sotheby's, New York, 27 October, 2001, lot 149.
Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 2007, lot 316, sold en suite with four fauteuils stamped Carpentier.
Purchased by the current owner and vendor Christie's, London, 5 December 2013, The Property of a Royal House, lot 114.

The present lot was part of a larger suite executed by Carpentier, which comprised a set of four fauteuils a la reine, sold Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 2007, lot 316, and a pair of bergeres, now in a private collection. An additional pair of bergeres from the suite was also sold from the collection of Rene Fribourg, Sotheby's, London, October 17-18, 1963, lot 808, while a further armchair is illustrated in C. Packer, Paris Furniture, 1956, fig. 65.

The menuisier, Louis-Charles Carpentier, reçu maître in 1752.
With a workshop established on Rue de Clery, he primarily produced seating furniture in the transitional style, for an important clientele which included the Baron Rolin d'Ivry, the Marquise de Brunoy, the Ducs d'Aumont and d'Orléans. But most importantly he worked for the Prince de Condé as Carpentier furnished many of his residences including the Hôtel de Lassay, the Château de Chantilly, Château de Vanves, and the Palais Bourbon.

Examples of his work from this period are housed in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, in the Musee Jacquemart Andre, Paris, and the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Strasbourg (see, Bill G.B. Pallot, L'Art du Siège au XVIII Siècle en France, 1987, p. 302).

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