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Lot Essay
Jean-Baptiste Lebas, maître in 1756.
Jean-Baptiste Lebas (1729-circa 1800), of the rue de Cléry, numbered among his clientele both the comtesse du Barry and the comte d'Artois. He made chairs in both the Louis XV and Louis XVI style. Both of his sons, Barthélemy and Jean-Jacques, became maîtres-ébéniste with their father in the rue de Cléry. Although he is known to have worked in both the Louis XV and Louis XVI styles, his production of seat furniture in the Louis XVI idiom appears to be less prolific, though no certainly no less sophisticated as is demonstrated by these expertly-carved fauteuils.
Jean-Baptiste Lebas (1729-circa 1800), of the rue de Cléry, numbered among his clientele both the comtesse du Barry and the comte d'Artois. He made chairs in both the Louis XV and Louis XVI style. Both of his sons, Barthélemy and Jean-Jacques, became maîtres-ébéniste with their father in the rue de Cléry. Although he is known to have worked in both the Louis XV and Louis XVI styles, his production of seat furniture in the Louis XVI idiom appears to be less prolific, though no certainly no less sophisticated as is demonstrated by these expertly-carved fauteuils.