Lot Essay
Antoine-Nicolas Delaporte, maître in 1762.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
(LOTS 108-110)
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STAINED-BEECH FAUTEUILS A LA REINE
BY ANTOINE-NICOLAS DELAPORTE
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STAINED-BEECH FAUTEUILS A LA REINE
By Antoine-Nicolas Delaporte
Each with serpentine channelled cartouche-shaped padded back, scrolled channelled arms and squab-cushion covered in florally-patterned silk on a sky-blue ground, the channelled toprail and seat-rail carved with foliate sprays flanked by C-scrolls, on foliate-headed channelled cabriole legs with tapering foliate feet, restorations, originally decorated and with signs of later gilding, each stamped 'A. N. DELAPORTE', later blocks (2)
By Antoine-Nicolas Delaporte
Each with serpentine channelled cartouche-shaped padded back, scrolled channelled arms and squab-cushion covered in florally-patterned silk on a sky-blue ground, the channelled toprail and seat-rail carved with foliate sprays flanked by C-scrolls, on foliate-headed channelled cabriole legs with tapering foliate feet, restorations, originally decorated and with signs of later gilding, each stamped 'A. N. DELAPORTE', later blocks (2)