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Lot Essay
Louis Delanois, maître in 1761.
Louis Delanois, born in Paris in 1731, was one of the most important chair-makers of the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Becoming prominent in the Transitional period, where his imaginative and original designs were allowed to flourish, he brought a distinctive character to what was all too often monotonous Louis XVI seat-furniture.
Opening his workshops on the rue de Bourbon-Villeneuve, the present day rue d'Aboukir, his rapid success prompted his move to rue des Petits-Carreaux. Most reknowned for the suite of seat-furniture supplied to Madame du Barry for her Pavillon at Louveciennes, he also supplied pieces for her apartements at Fontainebleau and Versailles. Upon the coronation of Louis XVI, it was Delanois who made both the King's throne and the armchair of state for Marie-Antoinette. His popularity was not solely limited to wealthy French patrons, but spread across the continent supplying both the King of Poland and Catherine the Great's Court at Saint-Petersburg. The Revolution proved to be his ruin and after being forced to surrender his assets in 1790, he died in 1792.
Louis Delanois, born in Paris in 1731, was one of the most important chair-makers of the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Becoming prominent in the Transitional period, where his imaginative and original designs were allowed to flourish, he brought a distinctive character to what was all too often monotonous Louis XVI seat-furniture.
Opening his workshops on the rue de Bourbon-Villeneuve, the present day rue d'Aboukir, his rapid success prompted his move to rue des Petits-Carreaux. Most reknowned for the suite of seat-furniture supplied to Madame du Barry for her Pavillon at Louveciennes, he also supplied pieces for her apartements at Fontainebleau and Versailles. Upon the coronation of Louis XVI, it was Delanois who made both the King's throne and the armchair of state for Marie-Antoinette. His popularity was not solely limited to wealthy French patrons, but spread across the continent supplying both the King of Poland and Catherine the Great's Court at Saint-Petersburg. The Revolution proved to be his ruin and after being forced to surrender his assets in 1790, he died in 1792.