Pair of Regence style armchairs in beech and cane, twentieth century

Jean Mocqué, stamp.
Louis Cresson, in the style of. 

Pair of Regency style armchairs in beech. Cane back and seat. Backrest and belt adorned with flowers, foliage and shells. Armrests consoles set back from the line of the foot. Arched feet joined by a scalloped spacer adorned with foliage. Cushion and cuffs in red fabric.

Work realized in the twentieth century.

Dimensions : H 97  x W 68 x D 53 cm.  

Reference : LS4699701

Louis Cresson (1706 – 1761) – Carpenter in seat – Received Master on January 28, 1738. He was part of a very famous family of cabinetmakers. He moved to rue de Cléry under the banner “À l’Image de Saint Louis”. Despite a real talent, his production was not abundant. He manufactured, in the Louis XV style, various seats caned or covered with fabrics, remarkable as much for their form as for their delicacy of execution, the whole decorated with rich sculptures of flowers, foliage or shells. He was also the one who carried out, towards the end of his life, the joinery of a rolling machine, ordered for the Duke of Burgundy, grandson of Louis XV.

KJELLBERG Pierre, Le mobilier du XVIIIe siècle, Dictionnaire des ébénistes et des créateurs, Paris, les Éditions de l’Amateur, 2002, p. 208

The Régence style is a style of furniture that dates from around 1715 to 1723, the period of the regency of Philippe d’Orléans during the minority of Louis XV. It succeeds the Louis XIV style and precedes the Louis XV style. The main materials used are oak, beech, walnut, fir, poplar, blackened pear, exotic, Asian and African woods imported by the Compagnie des Indes. Veneer, marquetry, gold leaf gilding and mercury gilt bronzes are the most common techniques during this period. Regarding the ornaments, the decorative patterns are: background games: grids, diamonds human motifs: espagnolette (originally by bronze sculptor Cressent), female masks animal motifs: monkeys, shells, bat wings plant motifs: palmette, sunflower, gadrooned leaves, acanthus leaves the geometric patterns of Boulle marquetry exotic motifs: peacock feather, pagodas