A Louis XVI suite of painted beech salon seat furniture comprising six fauteuils a la Reine and a pair of bergeres by Nicolas-Simon Courtois (b. 1724) and Pierre Bernard (c. 1730-1788)
Circa 1780, each with channelled and moulded frames, the arched shaped back with each stile surmounted by a pinecone finial, with scrolled arms above acanthus clasped downswept and stop-fluted terminals, over a bowed seat frame, on ring turned fluted tapering legs headed with beaded collars, two bergeres stamped: 'N.S. COURTOIS', one bergere also stamped: 'P. BERNARD', one fauteuil stamped: 'COURTOIS', each bergere: 74cm wide x 70cm deep x 98.5cm high; each fauteuil: 65cm wide x 59cm deep x 97.5cm high. (8)
Footnotes:
Provenance
The offered lot sold Sotheby's, Paris, 5 May 2015, Important Mobilier, Sculptures et Objets d'Art, lot 205.

Nicolas-Simon Courtois, menuisier, recu maitre en 1766.
Pierre Bernard, menuisier, recu maitre en 1766.

Various examples of fauteuils produced independently by Courtois and Bernard are illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Francais du XVIIIeme Siecle, 1989, Paris, pp.'s 64-66 and pp.'s 193-194. It appears that both of these menuisiers flourished during the reign of Louis XVI and they evidently favoured the Neoclassical style judging by their documented oeuvre.
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Some old worm, mainly visible to the rails, commensurate with age.
Evidence of some previous repairs to a couple of the legs - all chairs are in sound and ready to use order.
Some minor historic wear to the leg fluting commensurate with age.
Marks to some of the upholstery - this would require cleaning.
Some braid trimming and border edging to upholstery has worked loose in places.
Re-painted, probably during the 19th century.