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Lot Essay
Claude-Louis Burgat (1717-1782) who was made maître menuisier in 1744 spent his career producing exceptional examples of Louis XV seat furniture. First established in rue de Cléry, he then moved to rue Feydeau. Throughout his career, the balance and elegance of his delicate carving composed of delicate foliate elements alternating with cartouche motifs have been one of the recognizable characteristics of his production. The talent of Claude-Louis Burgat can be fully admired on a chaise longue – lit de repos now conserved in the musée Carnavalet in Paris (Inv. MB 442). A related set of four large fauteuils à la Reine upholstered in 18th century tapestry were sold Paris, Me Delorme, hôtel Drouot, 22 June 1982, lot 95; while another pair illustrated in P. Kjellberg, le Mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1989, p.124. was sold Paris, Palais Galliera, 7 December 1976.
Collection Guerlain
The celebrated parfumeur Jacques Guerlain (1874-1963) and his wife were keen art collectors and built together an exceptional and ecclectic collection of works of arts for their hôtel particulier of 22, rue Murillo in the 8th arrondissement, just steps away from Parc Monceau, ranging from oriental art, porcelain, books and of course Louis XV French furniture, to a superlative group of Impressionist pictures, including rare works from Francisco Goya, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet and Pierre Auguste Renoir.
Collection Guerlain
The celebrated parfumeur Jacques Guerlain (1874-1963) and his wife were keen art collectors and built together an exceptional and ecclectic collection of works of arts for their hôtel particulier of 22, rue Murillo in the 8th arrondissement, just steps away from Parc Monceau, ranging from oriental art, porcelain, books and of course Louis XV French furniture, to a superlative group of Impressionist pictures, including rare works from Francisco Goya, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet and Pierre Auguste Renoir.