A set of seventeen French painted and parcel gilt dining chairs by Maison Jansen
Circa 1938
Each with a dished back and scrolled stiles, the pierced interlaced geometric and entwined rope twist carved splat surmounted by an oval tablet toprail centred with the monogram: 'A.E.F.' for Audrey Evelyn Field, above a caned seat and a single flute-inset seat frame, on ring turned tapering front legs and square splayed rear legs,
labelled: 'James Bourlet and Sons Ltd.', some with part-labels, each approximately: 51cm wide x 56cm deep x 94cm high, (20in wide x 22in deep x 37in high) (17)
Footnotes:
Provenance
Supplied to Mrs Audrey Field (née James, later Mrs Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie) at The Holme by Stéphane Boudin of Maison Jansen, circa 1938; moved to Julians Park circa 1947.
Purchased by the present owner and vendor Christie's, London, 8 June 2021, Juliens Park and Six Private Collections, lot 69
Private Collection, UK.

Literature
'A House in Regent's Park, The Hon. Mrs. Peter Pleydell-Bouverie's home, Holme House', Country Life, 20 April 1940, p. 416, fig. 3 illustrated in the dining room.
C. Hussey, 'Julians, Hertfordshire II - The Home of the Hon. Mrs P. Pleydell-Bouverie', Country Life, 27 June 1947, p. 1212, fig. 8.
F. Collard, Regency Furniture, 1985, Woodbridge, p. 272.
J. Archer Abbott, Jansen, 2006, New York, p. 124.
J. Archer Abbott, Jansen Furniture, 2007, New York, pp.'s 25 and 114-115.
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