SET OF SIX QUEEN'S CHAIRS OF THE LOUIS XVI ERA Stamped by Claude Dieudonné In carved and gilded wood decorated with piastres and rais de cœur, the back in basket handle, the tapered and fluted legs, yellow silk damask upholstery decorated with chinoiseries, trace of stamp C.DIEU(...) under the front crosspiece of two armchairs, trace of illegible stamp (...)E(...) under a third one; reinforcements under the belt, small accidents and missing gilding H. 94 cm (37 in.) l. : 61 cm (24 in.) Claude Dieudonné, received master in 1765 Provenance : Sale in Versailles, December 1, 1985, lot 128 (part of lot). Bibliography : P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe siècle, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, p. 301 (mentioned). A set of six giltwood fauteuils a la reine, stamped by Claude Dieudonné

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