164. Pair of caned music room chairs, carved and gilded wood carved and gilded, the back, decorated with a ribbon, in a frame. The feet in console with falls of piastres. Transitional style Louis XV-Louis XVI, circa 1900. 92 x 37 x 42 cm. (Small chips and gold wear). A pair of carved and gilded wood caned chairs of the carved and gilded wood; the back decorated with a of a ribboned rush in frame. Tapered legs with fluted legs. Louis XVI style, circa 1900. 92 x 37 x 42 cm. (Small chips and gold wear). The recent book dedicated to the Escalier de Cristal presents the the famous notebooks written by Henry Pannier, which contain a great deal of a great deal of information: drawings, annotations, names of craftsmen names of craftsmen and clients. Among all the preparatory sketches, we find the model of chairs in gilded wood that we present, with the following description following description: "Chaises cannées L.XVI doré modèle Vente La Béraudière (Jacob) - (Nels)". The mention Jacob probably refers to the model itself, composed of console legs and which Georges Jacob was a specialist speciality in the 18th century. The abbreviation Nels for Nelson refers to the cabinetmaker's house installed since since 1856 at 46, rue de la Madeleine in Paris, then taken over by his son Henri and transferred to 79, boulevard Haussmann. The house Nelson was a regular and important supplier of the Escalier de Crystal. It is interesting to observe the list of names of customers mentioned on the right side of the sketches, among them we note the names Frick (perhaps Henry Clay Frick, an American steel industrialist and American patron), the Countess Potocka, Lariboisière, Bibliography : MASSEAU, Annick and Didier, L'Escalier de Cristal, le luxe à Paris 1809-1923, published by Monelle Hayot, 2021.