"Jean Baptiste-bernard Demay (1759-1848), Pair Of Stools, Eighteenth Time"
Pair of "curule" stools in gilded wood, molded and carved, base in X ending with four ball feet, crotch bar turned, Stamped below JBB DEMAY. Consulate period, Late 18th century. Jean-Baptiste-Bernard DEMAY (1759 - 1848) Husband of Claudine - Jeanne SENÉ his entry into this famous family facilitated his admission to the Masters, received master February 4, 1784, specialists in seats, supplier of the court, especially for the queen Marie Antoinette, He worked for thirty years on rue de Cléry. His mark is on the pretty flying chairs, decorated with the figure of Marie-Antoinette, which are in the Petit-Trianon ....