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Lot Essay
Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, maître in 1717, and Jacques-Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, maître in 1752.
The celebrated menuisier Jean-Baptiste Tilliard (1685-1766) established one of the most important workshops in Paris in the rue de Cléry, 'Aux Armes de France'. In 1728 he received the title of maître menuisier du Garde-Meuble du Roi, and his distinguished clientèle included the Prince de Soubise and the marquise de Pompadour. Tilliard often employed other skilled sculpteurs such as Nicolas Heurtaut, Damien Quintel and Toussaint Foliot, whilst he retailed much of his oeuvre through the marchand-mercier Julien-Etienne Olivier.
Tilliard worked closely with his son Jacques-Jean-Baptiste (1723-1798), who continued to use the same stamp after his father's retirement in 1766; and as they both worked together at the same time and in he same style, this fauteuil could have been made by either father or son.
The celebrated menuisier Jean-Baptiste Tilliard (1685-1766) established one of the most important workshops in Paris in the rue de Cléry, 'Aux Armes de France'. In 1728 he received the title of maître menuisier du Garde-Meuble du Roi, and his distinguished clientèle included the Prince de Soubise and the marquise de Pompadour. Tilliard often employed other skilled sculpteurs such as Nicolas Heurtaut, Damien Quintel and Toussaint Foliot, whilst he retailed much of his oeuvre through the marchand-mercier Julien-Etienne Olivier.
Tilliard worked closely with his son Jacques-Jean-Baptiste (1723-1798), who continued to use the same stamp after his father's retirement in 1766; and as they both worked together at the same time and in he same style, this fauteuil could have been made by either father or son.