BY PILLOT

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A MATCHED SUITE OF LOUIS XVI WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SEAT-FURNITURE
By Pillot
Comprising two pairs of fauteuils, two pairs of bergères and a canapé, each covered in pink floral silk damask, the bergères and armchairs with medallion carved and moulded back, the top rail with a floral spray, foliate ribbon and scrolls, on stop fluted arm supports above a bow fronted seat-rail with a central floral carved cartouche on square tapering channelled legs, each armchair and the three bergères stamped 'PILLOT' once, the conformingly shaped sofa stamped 'PILLOT' twice, differences to carving, redecorated
the armchairs; 36½ in. (93 cm.) high; the bergères 39½ in. (100 cm.) high; the canapé 78 in. ( 198 cm.) wide (9)

Provenance

Moinat, Rolle, Switzerland

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

The little known menuisier Pillot was based in Nîmes. He advertised his business as '...vend toutes sortes de meubles, fauteuils à l'anglaise en médaillon, ...lits à la turque, ottomane, sofa...à Nismes, prés le Marché, no. 106...' (see P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Française du XVIIIe Siècle Française, Paris, 1998, p. 654). He specialised in the distinctive form of fluted legs seen on this suite.

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