Pair of side chairs (chaises à la reine)

Michel Gourdin

ca. 1752–60 · Carved and gilded beechwood, 18th century lavender brocaded silk upholstery (not original) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The top rail of the back and front rail of the seat are carved with three flowers flanked by branches of flowers and leaves. Both Michel and Jean-Baptiste Gourdin used the motif of a flower at each front corner above a split stem running down the fore edge of the front leg with an acanthus leaf on the foot. Other chairs by Michel Gourdin are in the Louvre, the Bouvier Collection in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris; the Wallace Collection, London; Windsor Castle; and the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York. [Bill Rieder, 1984]

Artist

Michel Gourdin

Date

ca. 1752–60

Medium

Carved and gilded beechwood, 18th century lavender brocaded silk upholstery (not original)

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982