Armchairs To The Queen "i.gourdin" Louis XV XVIIIth Period

Suite of two armchairs with flat backs called "à la Reine" forming a pair, one stamped with * I.GOURDIN Louis XV XVIII century period. The flat violin-shaped backs are delicately carved with flowers and foliage. Ribbed scalloped belt finely carved with flowers in the center, armrests with cuffs. They rest on four arched legs ending in acanthus leaves at the front (on the four legs for the I.GOURDIN) The armchairs are covered in beautifully crafted "Aux Chinois" silk in very good condition, finish with flat band and piping. We find this evening model in the Chinoiserie salon at the Château de Champs sur Marne. Old-fashioned upholstery in perfect condition. We will notice the depth and finesse of the sculpture as well as the shape of the front crosspiece of the armchair stamped I.GOURDIN (left armchairs in the photos) *GOURDIN Jean-Baptiste Jean-Baptiste Gourdin (1723-1781) - Seat carpenter . Paris. Master on March 26, 1748. Coming from a family of Parisian carpenters, Jean-Baptiste Gourdin is the eldest son of Jean Gourdin called Père Gourdin and the brother of Michel Gourdin, himself a carpenter. Unlike the wood craftsmen of the 18th century, he was not admitted as an apprentice to a master carpenter, but to the sculptor Toussaint Foliot, from 1736 to 1741. Subsequently, he worked again in his father's workshop from 1741 to 1746. Privileged by his training acquired with these two masters, he was admitted to the community of carpenters in 1747, even though he had not yet finished his apprenticeship. In 1746 he married Marie-Françoise Ferret, daughter of master carpenter Claude Ferret. When the latter died, Jean-Baptiste Gourdin inherited his shop, also located on rue de Cléry. He opened his own workshop there and hired apprentices, eventually purchasing the entire house in 1761 under the sign of the “Name of Jesus”, close to that of his father. Gourdin works for a more eclectic clientele than his father's, made up of many financiers from Europe. Among his most famous clients, there are quite regularly the Prince of Soubise, Duke of Rohan, but also the Marquis of Bellevaux; but his most illustrious client was undoubtedly the dauphine Marie-Antoinette when she moved to the court.