A pair of moulded beech chairs with flat backs, resting on tapered and banded legs at the front and sabre back legs; (without upholster

A pair of moulded beech chairs with flat backs, resting on tapered and banded legs at the front and sabre back legs; (without upholstery; originally painted).
Stamped by Pierre Marcion (1769-1840).
Empire period.
H 91 x W 49 cm

Provenance:
Paris sale, Hotel Drouot, 29 January 2016, lot 117.
Former collections of the house of Cartier, sale Paris, Artcurial, 3 March 2021, lot 17.
Bibliographical reference:
J.P. Planchon, Marcion, ébéniste de Napoléon, Saint Remy en l'Eau, 2007.
A similar painted chair from the château de Fontainebleau is illustrated in Planchon, op. cit., p. 151.