162. JANSEN PARIS Part of a living room in carved... Lot 162

162. JANSEN PARIS Part of a living room in carved and gilded wood decorated with foliage, pearls and tigettes. It includes four armchairs with trapezoid cabriolet backs and a sofa with a wrap-around back. Feet tapered legs with curved flutes. Fabric of cleanliness marked " JANSEN PARIS " in ink with the stencil. Antique petit point upholstery with polychrome decoration of flowers and trimmings in the in the taste of Salembier. Louis XVI style, circa 1900. Dimensions of each armchair : 88 x 59 x 59 cm. Dimensions of the sofa : 93 x 145 x 70 cm. (Chips and lifts to the gilding). Established around 1880 at 9, rue de Rocroy in Paris, Jansen moved permanently to 9, rue Royale in 1885 and became an upholsterer became an upholsterer decorator. He won a silver medal at the Amsterdam Exhibition in 1883 and at the Paris Exhibition in 1889. Bibliography : LEDOUX-LEBARD, Denise, French furniture of the 19th century, Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1989.