SET OF SIX FRENCH DIRECTOIRE MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS, BY JEAN-BAPTISTE BERNARD DEMAY LATE 18TH CENTURY comprising four side chairs and a pair of armchairs, with rectangular brown leather upholstered backs and seats outlined with brass nail heads, raised on tapered ring-turned legs, stamped DEMAY/RUE DE CLERY (armchair 58cm 92cm high, 50cm wide) Qty: (6) Footnote: Note: The menuisier (joiner) Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay became a Mâitre in 1784 and supplied furniture to the establishment of Napoleon I. He specialized in carving in mahogany, often using carved motifs in place of gilt-bronze mounts.