PAIR OF QUEEN'S CHAIRS OF THE LOUIS XV ERA Attributed to René Cresson In carved and gilded wood, the back and the belt decorated in the center with a pomegranate in a shell flanked by foliage, the shoulders decorated with scales, the arched legs ending in a foliage scroll, green embossed velvet trim H. 97 cm (38 ¼ in.) l. : 73 cm (28 ¾ in.) Provenance: Sotheby's New-York sale, November 23, 2009, lot 92; Acquired during the latter by the current owner. A pair of Louis XV giltwood fauteuils a la reine, attributed to René Cresson Stylistically dated to the 1740s, this elegant pair of fauteuils à la reine can be traced to the work of René Cresson (c. 1705-before 1749), master in 1738 and a member of the distinguished dynasty of Parisian carpenters active in the first half of the 18th century. The pomegranate pattern on the back and belt of our chairs could be considered as one of their signatures; it is found with slight variations on a large number of chairs made by this famous carpenter such as a pair of armchairs stamped by René Cresson (master in 1738) sold in Paris, Hôtel Drouot, on December 15, 1998 and illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIe siècle, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, p. 241, fig. 1 or a pair of armchairs attributed to René Cresson and sold at Sotheby's Paris, 19 April 2016, lot 62.