More Sightings of the MGM Louis XVI 'Gigi' Furniture Set Pieces

None of these are new sightings for me; however, I was finally spurred to get up off my backside, dig up online copies of the movies, and make some image captures.

Between my CW S&T posts, and Stephen O'Donnell's blog post about the furniture set, I think there are now captures from all of the currently known sightings of the MGM Louis XVI 'Gigi' furniture set available.

To date, known sightings are in sixteen movies, ranging from 1938's "Marie Antoinette" to 1967's "Fitzwilly." That could change. For one thing, there's a three year gap between the last known sighting, and the MGM auction.

I redid the third image in this post 20250309 from a DVR copy of the full movie I discovered that I still had, as the original image from an online copy of a trailer was pretty blurry.

I recently marked another of my 'Gigi' furniture posts as a "SOLVED MYSTERY" after user JohnofVA commented that he owned the couch and two chairs depicted in the 1970 MGM auction catalog, but in truth, there are still unanswered questions about this furniture set.

For instance, if these furniture pieces are bona-fide Louis XVI antiques, they should have makers marks. Back in the Louis XVI era, there were artisan guilds, and they had strict rules about marking. Perhaps this furniture set is antique, but not necessarily Louis XVI vintage.

Also, if there were indeed originally seven pieces in the set (one couch plus six chairs), why were four chairs separated from the set? That is, why does the picture in the auction catalog show only the couch and two chairs? Perhaps the additional four chairs were not part of the original set.

Hollywood was full of talented artisans who could have fashioned replicas, as seen in 1949's "Madame Bovary."

Eh, questions, questions. };-)

REFERENCES:

Image One:

Mrs. Parkington (1944) at around the 1:10:25 mark.

https://archive.org/details/mrs.-parkington-la-senora-parkington-1944-tay-garnett-vose-fac-6

Image Two:

Kind Lady (1951) at around the 39:49 mark.

https://m.ok.ru/video/2113214679715

Image Three:

Two Weeks In Another Town (1962) at around the 1:31 mark.

A low-tech capture from a Turner Classic Movies showing of the full movie.

Image Four:

Made In Paris (1966) at around the 22:12 mark.

https://m.ok.ru/video/1078925593268

Other CW S&T posts about the 'Gigi' furniture:

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/319228-mgm-giltwood-louis-xvi-style-furniture-s

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/319249-mgm-gigi-furniture-pieces-in-1956s-t

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/321058-madame-bovary-1949-and-the-gigi-fu

Last, but certainly not least, Stephen O'Donnell's fabulous blog post about the 'Gigi' furniture:

https://godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/2022/06/a-sofa-and-some-armchairs-prestige.html