MID-18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF TILLIARD, ORIGINALLY DECORATED

The distinctive and characteristic heart-shaped cabochon motif features on much of Tilliard's documented oeuvre, including the pairs of fauteuils, bergeres and chaises à la reine in the Wrightsman Collection (illustrated in F.J.B Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, New York, 1966, vol.I, p.48, p.66-67), as well as in G.Janneau, Les Sièges, Paris, 1967, pls.130, 175, 190.