Pierre-Antoine Bonnemain Pair of Directoire reverse-back armchairs in lacquered wood<\/b><\/p>\n
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An elegant pair of reversed-back armchairs in molded and carved natural wood and lacquered in gray, featuring a star and two crescent moons. The baluster armrests are carved with leaf motifs.<\/p>\n
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This pair of chairs consists of one stamped A.Bonnemain from the Directoire period and the other identical but made a little later in the 19th century.<\/p>\n
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Beautiful French work from the Directoire period circa 1795-1799, stamped on one belt A.Bonnemain.<\/p>\n
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Sizes: H 33.85 In - W 22.04 In - D 18.11 In - Seat high 15.74 In.<\/p>\n
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Our armchairs are in fine condition. This pair of armchairs are covered with a beautiful Italian fabric woven with floral motifs in blue colors.<\/p>\n
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Pierre Antoine Bonnemain born 1755, received the title of Master on September 20, 1772.<\/p>\n
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He is the son of Antoine Bonnemain, called Le Jeune to distinguish him from his brother Pierre Bonnemain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n He took over his father's workshop towards the end of the 18th century.<\/p>\n He was active under the Empire, winning orders from the French Empire Garde-Meuble.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The French Furniture of the XVIIIth Century - Pierre Kjellberg - Les \u00c9ditions de l'Amateur - 2008.<\/p>\n The cabinetmakers of the 18th century - Count Fran\u00e7ois de Salverte - Les \u00c9ditions d'Art et d'Histoire - 1934.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pierre-Antoine Bonnemain Paire de fauteuils Directoire \u00e0 dossiers renvers\u00e9s en bois laqu\u00e9 Une \u00e9l\u00e9gante paire de fauteuils \u00e0 dossiers renvers\u00e9s en bois naturel moulur\u00e9 et sculpt\u00e9 et laqu\u00e9 en gris, proposant un d\u00e9cor d\u2019une \u00e9toile et de deux croissants de lune. Les supports d\u2019accotoir en balustre sculpt\u00e9 de d\u00e9cor de feuilles. Cette paire […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cate"],"yoast_head":"\nBibliography:<\/b><\/h4>\n