" Stamped Claude Sene 1 - Pair Of Convertible Armchairs - Louis XV Period"
Beautiful pair of cabriolet armchairs in molded and carved woodThe backrest is fiddled.
The armrests and the legs are curved Both stamped: “C.SENE” with the “N” returned: his signature.
Printed velvet tapestry in good condition
Louis XV period
H: 90; L: W: 64cm. ; D: 57 cm.
Provenance: - Galerie des Ventes, Morlaix, April 8, 1996, lot 552.
Claude I SENE (1724-1792) - Joiner-cabinetmaker. Paris. Master on July 20, 1743.
Claude I Sené, son of Jean Sené, received his master's degree on July 20, 1743.
Having married a sister of the carpenter Jean-Etienne Saint-Georges, he settled with his brother-in-law rue de Cléry under the sign of "Grand Saint-Georges". Although working in the same workshop,the two men were independent and each signed their own works.
Claude I Sené left very beautiful Louis XV seats, comfortable and elegant, often mounted on a frame. On the other hand, there are very few Louis XVI seats except for a magnificent sofa with confidants with a backrest made up of three medallions "sculpted with wreaths of roses, olive branches, laurel torus, grapes heart and acanthus."
Claude Sené ceased to exercise his profession in 1780
Bibliography
French Furniture of the XVIIIth Century - Pierre Kjellberg - Editions de l'Amateur - 2002
Cabinetmakers of the XVIIIth century - Count François de Salverte - Editions of Art and History - 1934
The art of the seat in the 18th century in France - Bill GB Pallot - ACR-Gismondi Editeurs - 1996
The art and manner of French master cabinetmakers in the 18th century - Jean Nicolay - Pygmalion edition - 1976
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