Lot Essay
Jean-Nicolas Blanchard, maître in 1771.
The prototype for such 'medallion' back chairs derives from the model made by Jean-Nicholas Blanchard for the comte d'Artois for Saint-Germain-en-Laye; this form was subsequently adopted by Jean-René Nadal and Philippe Poirié, both menuisiers to the Prince (Guillaume Janneau, Les Sièges, Paris, 1967, p.136, pl.254).
The prototype for such 'medallion' back chairs derives from the model made by Jean-Nicholas Blanchard for the comte d'Artois for Saint-Germain-en-Laye; this form was subsequently adopted by Jean-René Nadal and Philippe Poirié, both menuisiers to the Prince (Guillaume Janneau, Les Sièges, Paris, 1967, p.136, pl.254).