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Lot Essay
Probably first conceived by the architect Jean-Charles Delafosse and subsequently published in a drawing in the Cabinet des Modes of 1786, the concept of fluted legs with Ionic capitals is characteristic of the oeuvre of Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sen (matre in 1769) in the late 1780's. Indeed, this particular motif was almost exclusively employed by the latter on seat-furniture supplied to the Garde-meuble de la Couronne and featured, for instance, on the suite made for Marie-Antoinette's cabinet de toilette, as well as on the fauteuil supplied by Sen and Regnier in 1787 for Louis XVI's bedchamber, both at Saint-Cloud.
A console stamped by Sen of related form was sold from the Alexander Collection at Christie's New York, 30 April 1999, lot 129, whilst the concept of a dished apron centred by a mask features, for instance, on the carved console in the manner of Richard de Lalonde also attributed to Sen and illustrated in 'La Folie d'Artois', Exhibition Catalogue, Paris, June 1988, p.178.
A console stamped by Sen of related form was sold from the Alexander Collection at Christie's New York, 30 April 1999, lot 129, whilst the concept of a dished apron centred by a mask features, for instance, on the carved console in the manner of Richard de Lalonde also attributed to Sen and illustrated in 'La Folie d'Artois', Exhibition Catalogue, Paris, June 1988, p.178.