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Lot Essay
Nicolas Quinibert Foliot, maître in 1745.
With their squared shoulders, these generously proportioned and vigorously carved fauteuils are probably early examples from within the oeuvre of Foliot, one of the foremost menuisiers of the Louis XV period and from an early stage in his career a fournisseur du Garde-Meuble Royal. He supplied seat-furniture to Louis XV, Marie Antoinette, Mme du Barry, the comte d'Artois and the duc de Penthièvre, The celebrated fauteuils supplied to Louis XV's daughter, Madame Elizabeth, duchesse de Parme- among the most richly decorated examples of seat furniture of the period- are also attributed to his workshop (B.Pallot, L'art du siège au XVIIIe siècle en France, Paris, 1987, pp. 142-6).
With their squared shoulders, these generously proportioned and vigorously carved fauteuils are probably early examples from within the oeuvre of Foliot, one of the foremost menuisiers of the Louis XV period and from an early stage in his career a fournisseur du Garde-Meuble Royal. He supplied seat-furniture to Louis XV, Marie Antoinette, Mme du Barry, the comte d'Artois and the duc de Penthièvre, The celebrated fauteuils supplied to Louis XV's daughter, Madame Elizabeth, duchesse de Parme- among the most richly decorated examples of seat furniture of the period- are also attributed to his workshop (B.Pallot, L'art du siège au XVIIIe siècle en France, Paris, 1987, pp. 142-6).