Details
The serpentine frame around caned back and seat raised on cabriole legs, with pink velvet upholstered squab cushion, the underside with stamp '...RC*RE..'. near front center leg, and red-painted Wrightsman inventory number 60
49 in. (125 cm.) wide
Provenance
Property from the Collection of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman; Sotheby's, New York, 5 May 1984, lot 227.
Literature
F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, Greenwich, 1966, vol. I, p. 57, cat. 42.
Special notice
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François Laurent Reuze, maître in 1743.

The son of the maître-menuisier Pierre, François Laurent Reuze flourished in the rue de Cléry for over 50 years and enjoyed the extensive patronage of both Queen Marie-Antoinette and the Swedish Court. Working alongside his father in the same atelier, in 1751 he supplied seat furniture to Monsieur Montgeron and Monsieur d'Aguesseoui. His oeuvre, almost all executed in a mature Louis XV style, is characterized by its ample, generous proportions and the fluidity of its lines.

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