BY LOUIS-ALEXANDRE BELLANGE, CIRCA 1835-1838

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A SET OF THREE LOUIS-PHILIPPE IVORY-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT TABOURETS
BY LOUIS-ALEXANDRE BELLANGE, CIRCA 1835-1838
Each square padded seat covered in red and yellow striped silk above a panelled seatrail, on ring-turned tapering legs joined by an H-stretcher with turned tapering feet, stamped L.BELLANGE and CH.MUNIER, one with stencilled marks V6185/V665, one V4980/V1172/663, one V4980/V1172, and inscribed in ink 753
20 in. (51 cm.) high; 19 in. (48 cm.) square

Literature

Sylvain Cordier, Bellangé ébénistes. Une histoire du goût au XIX° siècle, Paris, Mare & Martin, 2012

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Louis-Alexandre Bellangé 1797-1861
Charles Munier, upholsterer, recorded at rue Montmartre 1830-1863

These three stools are part of a series of 75 stools delivered by Bellanger the 20 July 1837 to the Historical museum of Versailles created by the King Louis-Philippe. The design was almost certainly provided by the Mobilier de la Couronne and some similar models have been made by Jacob-Desmalter and Durand.
Some banquettes from the same suite are still in the Chateau de Versailles.

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