Living room with slightly curved back in mahogany and mahoga - Lot 159

Living room with slightly curved back in mahogany and mahogany veneer decorated with lion's head. It is composed of a three-seater sofa, two bergères and two armchairs. The seats have smooth shafts and leafy connections on the armrests. They are decorated with a large lion's head. The supports in cavet record a stop topped by a macaron. The curved belt in front rests on posterior legs in saber and anterior legs in sheaths finished by a lion's paw. Covered with gray velvet bordered with gold nail. Paris. First half of the 19th century, circa 1825 - 1830 Sofa H. 97 cm W. 198 cm D. 60 cm (seat) Bergère H. 94 cm W. 68 cm D. 54 cm (seat) Armchair H. 92 cm W. 63 cm D. 50 cm (seat) Slight restorations of uses This mahogany salon is to be compared with the production of Sébastien YOUF (1771 - 1850) whose stamped(1) mahogany secretary with flap has four carved griffins with similar heads. Sebastien YOUF was the cabinetmaker of Princess Elisa BONAPARTE from 1808 to 1815, in LUCQUES where he introduced the Empire style. After the fall of the Empire he returned to Paris and settled in 1819 at 28 Rue de Cléry, then 43 Boulevard Saint Martin and settled at 48 Rue Meslay from 1827 to 1842. He obtained in 1814-1815 an important order from Morten Mickael Kallevig of one hundred and twenty seats and furniture in mahogany. 1. Denise Ledoux-Lebard Pierre KJELLBERG. French furniture of the 19th century-1989. P, 640. Expert : Stephane Pepe