A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XV GILTWOOD CHAISES A LA REINE

ATTRIBUTED TO EITHER JEAN-BAPTISTE I TILLIARD OR JEAN-JACQUES BAPTISTE TILLIARD, CIRCA 1745

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A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XV GILTWOOD CHAISES A LA REINE
ATTRIBUTED TO EITHER JEAN-BAPTISTE I TILLIARD OR JEAN-JACQUES BAPTISTE TILLIARD, CIRCA 1745
Each with cartouche form back and serpentine seat centered with cabochons and carved with asymetrical foliate sprays and covered in red silk brocade, on cabochon-headed cabriole legs ending in scrolled toes, one chair with minor variations in scale and carving, upholstered á chassis, the backs now fixed (4)

Provenance

The Collection of Paul Dutasta; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 3-4 June 1926, lot 116.
The Estate of Matthew Schutz; Sotheby's, New York, 9 December 1994, lot 191 (bought after the sale).

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Lot Essay

Although not stamped, these richly carved chaises can be confidently attributed to the celebrated menuisier Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard (maître in 1717), or his son Jean-Jacques Baptiste Tilliard (maître in 1752), on the basis of close similarities with their known oeuvre. A pair of chaises by the son, with similar distinctive scrolled ornament to the junction of the back and back legs, formerly in the collection of Akram Ojjeh, is illustrated in B.G.B. Pallot, L'Art du Siège au XVIIIe Siècle en France, Paris, 1987, pp. 207-8, while a further pair of chaises by Tilliard with the same distinctive cabochon clasps to the crest-rail and seat-rail, is illustrated in J. Nicolay, L'Art et la Manière des Maîtres Ebénistes Français, Paris, 1956, p. 459, fig. N.

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