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Lot Essay
Jean-Baptiste Bernard Demay, matre in 1784
This elegant neoclassical canap with its jewel-like carving is probably from a large suite of furniture from the collection of the Marquise de Ganay that included at least two canapes, two bergres, two fauteuils la reine and six fauteuils en cabriolet. The pair to this canap together with a pair of bergres la reine and four fauteuils en cabriolet from The Wrightsman Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art are discussed in F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection: Furniture, New York, 1966, pp. 68-70, No. 48 A-G. Though the Metropolitan Museum canape is gilt, it is identical to the present lot in every respect. Two of the fauteuils were subsequently sold Sotheby's New York, 14 October 1988, lot 79. Two fauteuils la reine and two fauteuils en cabriolet from this set were sold Sotheby's Monaco, 22 June 1991, lot 445 and 18 June 1994, lot 152 respectively.
This elegant neoclassical canap with its jewel-like carving is probably from a large suite of furniture from the collection of the Marquise de Ganay that included at least two canapes, two bergres, two fauteuils la reine and six fauteuils en cabriolet. The pair to this canap together with a pair of bergres la reine and four fauteuils en cabriolet from The Wrightsman Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art are discussed in F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection: Furniture, New York, 1966, pp. 68-70, No. 48 A-G. Though the Metropolitan Museum canape is gilt, it is identical to the present lot in every respect. Two of the fauteuils were subsequently sold Sotheby's New York, 14 October 1988, lot 79. Two fauteuils la reine and two fauteuils en cabriolet from this set were sold Sotheby's Monaco, 22 June 1991, lot 445 and 18 June 1994, lot 152 respectively.