OF LOUIS XV STYLE, THE FRAMES LATE 19TH CENTURY BY JANSEN, PARIS, THE TAPESTRY COVERS AUBUSSON, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH GILTWOOD SALON SUITE
Of Louis XV Style, the frames late 19th Century by Jansen, Paris, the tapestry covers Aubusson, late 18th Century
Comprising a canapé and four fauteuils, upholstered in tapestry depicting various exotic birds in pastoral landscapes within floral borders, the fauteuils each with arched padded backs, the cresting centred by a foliate cartouche, above shaped padded armrests and seat, on cabriole legs headed by shells and ending in scroll feet, restorations to the tapestry covers, particularly to pale silks
the canapé 66 in. (168 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

The tapissier-decorateur Jean-Henri Jansen left his native Holland in 1880 for Paris to establish workshops that produced furnishings to satisfy all his clients interior design needs. From his display rooms on the rue Royale and his workshops in the rue Pergolese, Jansen employed an impressive array of cabinetmakers, upholsterers, bronziers and gilders. Furniture from his workshops was of such exemplary quality, following 18th Century models with almost scholarly diligence, that such illustrious clients as King Leopold II of Belgium, King Edward VII of England, and Alfonso XII and XIII of Spain were soon commissioning elaborate interiors from him. Such was the success of his company that Jansen opened an extensive network of sale rooms and workshops in Argentina, New York, London, Sao Paulo, Prague, Havanna, Rome, Cairo and Alexandria.

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