Each with cartouche-shaped back and seat within a foliate-carved frame on cabriole legs ending in scroll toes, the caned back and seat decorated in trellis, several stamped Pere Gourdin
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high, 19 in. (48.3 cm.) wide
Jean Gourdin, known as Père Gourdin, maître in 1714.

Acquired from Didier Aaron, Paris, 1989.

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This unusually extensive suite was executed by the celebrated menuisier Jean Gourdin, known as Gourdin Père. Appointed maître-menuisier in 1714 and established in the rue de Cléry by the sign of “Saint Jacques,” Gourdin was patronized by the marquis de Bercy and the duchesse de Mazarin, whose residence on the rue de Varenne was redesigned by Nicolas Pineau at around 1737. Flourishing until 1764, Gourdin employed two stamps during his long career. The first, I.G., served until circa 1748, when his son Jean-Baptiste Gourdin (maître in 1748) joined his atelier at the sign of the “Nom de Jesus,” rue de Cléry; thereafter he used the stamp PERE GOURDIN.