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Lot Essay
Jean-Baptiste Boulard, matre in 1755
A related suite of chaises la Reine, supplied by Boulard on 12 August 1786 for the Salon des Jeux at Fontainebleau, sheds fascinating light on the complex, closely intertwined workings of the menuisiers. Although assembled by Boulard, he actually passed the commission on to the carver Jean Haur, who himself sub-contracted the carving to Nicolas-Franois Valois and Lambert Charny. Gilded by Juliac, Guintrange and Chatard and upholstered by the tapissier Capin, the suite of 30 chaises, 6 voyeuses and 1 cran was delivered before September 1787 at a cost of 2273 livres (B.G.B. Pallot, Furniture Collections in the Louvre, Dijon, 1993, no.54, pp.154-5).
A related suite of chaises la Reine, supplied by Boulard on 12 August 1786 for the Salon des Jeux at Fontainebleau, sheds fascinating light on the complex, closely intertwined workings of the menuisiers. Although assembled by Boulard, he actually passed the commission on to the carver Jean Haur, who himself sub-contracted the carving to Nicolas-Franois Valois and Lambert Charny. Gilded by Juliac, Guintrange and Chatard and upholstered by the tapissier Capin, the suite of 30 chaises, 6 voyeuses and 1 cran was delivered before September 1787 at a cost of 2273 livres (B.G.B. Pallot, Furniture Collections in the Louvre, Dijon, 1993, no.54, pp.154-5).