TWO OF THE ARMCHAIRS EXECUTED BY MATHIEU BAUVE

AFTER THE DESIGNS OF CHARLES DE WAILLY POUR LE SALON OF THE HÔTEL OF THE MARQUIS OF VOYER

Acquired by the French Ministry of Culture

Paris, circa 1766–1768.

Carved, painted, and gilded beech.

H. 96 cm (37 ¾ in.); W. 64 cm (25 ¼ in.); D. 65 cm (25 ½ in.).

STAMP: BAUVE, visible under the front rail of the seat.

PROVENANCE: Private collection.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Christian Baulez, “Mathieu Debauve, menuisier en siège des Voyer d’Argenson, La famille Voyer d’Argenson et son entourage; parents, artistes et relations,” in Journée d’histoire au château des Ormes, 2014, Châtellerault, 2015, pp. 91–121.

Ministère de la Culture: On deposit in the reassembled rooms of the Chancellerie d’Orléans at the Hôtel de Rohan in Paris (under the patronage of the Banque de France).