Claude Leclerc (, menuisier-ébéniste, master in Paris 1785)
A French Louis XVI giltwood furniture set consisting of a large sofa and four armchairs with red and yellow striped silk and a pair of armchairs with green silk brocade, carved with borders, rosettes and foliage, curved padded armrests and fluted tapering legs. Stamped on the back rail 'C. Leclerc. Paris, c. 1790. Sofa L. 180 cm. (7)
Literature: Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIème Siècle, Pierre Kjellberg, p.541. Les ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle, Comte François de Salverte, Les éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1934.
Wear. Minor marks and scratches. A pair of the armchairs with a different fabric cover.
Furniture, carpets & varia, 26 February 2020
Not sold