Desk armchair in mahogany and mahogany veneer, the hemicycle - Lot 146

Desk armchair in mahogany and mahogany veneer, the hemicycle back with openwork gallery, the flat curved armrests extended by hocked front legs with winged lion bust and finished with claw feet. Cushion seat in horsehair with black background. Stamped SENE for Jean-Baptiste Sené, master on May 10, 1769. Directoire - Consulate period. Height: 93 cm - Width: 46 cm - 54 cm Use and maintenance restorations, one end of the leg glued back, the side and crosspiece of the seat redone, one armrest replaced underneath. Designed by the architect Charles Percier (1764-1838) and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762 - 1853). There are several similar armchairs with variations: one signed by Georges (I) Jacob (1739-1814) in the collections of the Mobilier national (GMT 26038), one not stamped in the Château de Malmaison (M.M 50.6.1), one in the Château de Nymphenburg, Munich, in the Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds.