Lot Essay
Jean-Joseph Chapuis, active late 18th/early 19th Century
Jean-Joseph Chapuis was one of the most important ébénistes in Brussels in the first half of the 19th Century. He was amongst a group of experts who were invited to appraise the newly arrived French furniture at the château of Laeken in 1806 and subsequently supplied the Court with numerous pieces of furniture, including a suite of chairs of the same model as these. A further set of four green-painted fauteuils of this model was sold at Drouot-Orsay, Paris, 5 December 1979, lot 49
Jean-Joseph Chapuis was one of the most important ébénistes in Brussels in the first half of the 19th Century. He was amongst a group of experts who were invited to appraise the newly arrived French furniture at the château of Laeken in 1806 and subsequently supplied the Court with numerous pieces of furniture, including a suite of chairs of the same model as these. A further set of four green-painted fauteuils of this model was sold at Drouot-Orsay, Paris, 5 December 1979, lot 49