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This screen is part of a suite of seat-furniture by Jean Jacques Baptiste Tilliard, maître menuisier in 1752.
The suite comprises:
- a canapé en corbeille and four fauteuils in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California (Accession no. 78.DA.99.1-.5). They were bought by J. Paul Getty for Sutton Place from the collection of the late Mortimer Schiff. They were sold by the latter's son, John L. Schiff, in these Rooms, 22 June 1938, lot 55. The canapé and one fauteuil are illustrated in B.G.B. Pallot, L'art du siège au XVIIIe siècle en France, Paris, 1987, pp. 218-219. All are stamped TILLIARD under a rear seat-rail.
- two fauteuils in the Cleveland Museum of Art (Accession no. 27423)
- four stamped fauteuils sold anonymously ('A European Princely Family'), Sotheby's London, 24 November 1988, lot 36
- two stamped marquises from the same source which were sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 24 June 1988, lot 36
- six stamped chaises from the same source as the fauteuils and marquises and which were sold anonymously in two groups of three, Sotheby's London, 24 June 1988, lot 37 and 24 November 1988, lot 22
- two firescreens. One was, from the collection of Baron Mayer de Rothschild, was sold by the Earl of Rosebery, Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire, Sotheby's house sale, 18-20 May 1977, lot 41. Another screen was sold anonymously, Sotheby's Monaco, 21 May 1978 and subsequently re-sold, Sotheby's Monaco, 8 February 1981, lot 217
Tilliard supplied seat-furniture to the royal family until 1780. In 1770-1771 he supplied most of the chairs for the new Dauphine Marie-Antoinette for her rooms at Versailles.
The suite comprises:
- a canapé en corbeille and four fauteuils in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California (Accession no. 78.DA.99.1-.5). They were bought by J. Paul Getty for Sutton Place from the collection of the late Mortimer Schiff. They were sold by the latter's son, John L. Schiff, in these Rooms, 22 June 1938, lot 55. The canapé and one fauteuil are illustrated in B.G.B. Pallot, L'art du siège au XVIIIe siècle en France, Paris, 1987, pp. 218-219. All are stamped TILLIARD under a rear seat-rail.
- two fauteuils in the Cleveland Museum of Art (Accession no. 27423)
- four stamped fauteuils sold anonymously ('A European Princely Family'), Sotheby's London, 24 November 1988, lot 36
- two stamped marquises from the same source which were sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 24 June 1988, lot 36
- six stamped chaises from the same source as the fauteuils and marquises and which were sold anonymously in two groups of three, Sotheby's London, 24 June 1988, lot 37 and 24 November 1988, lot 22
- two firescreens. One was, from the collection of Baron Mayer de Rothschild, was sold by the Earl of Rosebery, Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire, Sotheby's house sale, 18-20 May 1977, lot 41. Another screen was sold anonymously, Sotheby's Monaco, 21 May 1978 and subsequently re-sold, Sotheby's Monaco, 8 February 1981, lot 217
Tilliard supplied seat-furniture to the royal family until 1780. In 1770-1771 he supplied most of the chairs for the new Dauphine Marie-Antoinette for her rooms at Versailles.