Important painted beechwood armchair, white color and gondola shape, very finely carved with foliage, flowers, rosettes and ribbons tied. It rests on cambered feet with scrolls.
Stamped by Pothier, received master in 1750.
Transitional period Louis XV - Louis XVI, second half of the 18th century, Paris, France.
Installed for about thirty years on the rue Mazarine and then on the rue de Bourbon-Villeneuve, his varied work is marked by a very fine quality of manufacture, assembly and sculpture. His very sober Louis XV chairs are remarkable for the suppleness of their lines and the fluidity of their moldings. Jean-Jacques Pothier and the famous carpenter Georges Jacob seem to have collaborated in the execution of certain orders : we know of similar seats bearing one or the other stamp. He was also one of the first to apply neoclassicism to chairs and made some masterpieces in the Transition style
