PAIR OF LOUIS XV PERIOD "À LA REINE" ARMCHAIRS Stamped by Claude Louis Burgat Carved and redecorated wood with flower motifs and leafy clasps, cambered legs, upholstered in white, one of the two stamped C.L BURGAT twice below the rear crossbar;minor gilding damage. H.:92 cm (36 ¼ in.) l.:67 cm (26 ¼ in.) Claude Louis Burgat, received master in 1744 Provenance : Artcurial Paris sale, June 23, 2009, lot 115 (part of lot) ; Acquired by the current owner. Comparative bibliography : B.G.B. Pallot, L'Art Du Siège au XVIIIe siècle, Gismondi Éditeurs, 1987, p.280. A pair of Louis XV giltwood fauteuils a la reine, stamped by Claude Louis Burgat

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