A SUITE OF LOUIS XVI GREY-PAINTED SEAT-FURNITURE

BY SULPICE BRIZARD

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A SUITE OF LOUIS XVI GREY-PAINTED SEAT-FURNITURE
By Sulpice Brizard
Comprising: six fauteuils and twelve chaises, each with chanelled rectangular back upholstered in the original close-nailed Beauvais tapestry of floral posies within acanthus medallions on a blue ground, the arms with scrolled chanelled terminals, above a panelled seat-rail and on rosette-headed turned tapering stop-fluted legs, two fauteuils and two chaises stamped 'S Brizard', one twice, one with later blocks (18)
Provenance
Comte Vigier, sold Paris, Drouot, 9 April 1943, lot 36.

Lot Essay

Sulpice Brizard, maître in 1762.

Sulpice Brizard married Marie-Geneviève Meunier, daughter of a menuisier, on 18 February 1782, having already acquired the stock of François Foliot the previous December. Established in the rue de Cléry, he delivered seat-furniture to the marchand-tappissier Bouché in 1774, collaborated with the sculptor Vallois and supplied a bed to the comte de Montmorin in 1788.

His son, Philippe-Sulpice was also a maître-menuisier and married the daughter of the painter P.F. Tassart.

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