A SET OF NINE LOUIS XV WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CHAISES À LA REINE

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These chairs (lots 151-152), together with so much of the exceptional Louis XV French furniture and Sèvres porcelain at Woburn, were probably acquired by John, 4th Duke of Bedford (d.1771) following his appointment as Ambassador to the Court of Louis XV in 1762. Although his successor, the 5th Duke, continued to acquire French furniture through the marchand-merciers Daguerre and Lignereux from 1787, and his brother the 6th Duke directly in Paris following the Peace of Amiens in 1803, their tastes were always in the vanguard of fashion. Similar cabriolet chairs stamped by the menuisier Lebas, with laureled and cabochon cartouches, were amongst the French furniture acquired by Lord Montheimer and recorded by Horace Walpole at Montagu House, London in 1764. Now at Boughton, they are discussed in T.Murdoch (ed.), Boughton House, The English Versailles, London, 1992, p.24, pl.6.

A SET OF NINE LOUIS XV WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CHAISES À LA REINE

CIRCA 1765, ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-BAPTISTE LEBAS

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A SET OF NINE LOUIS XV WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CHAISES À LA REINE
CIRCA 1765, ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-BAPTISTE LEBAS
Each with cartouche form padded back upholstered à chassis in distressed red and gilt floral silk-damask, the channelled back with stylised cabochon cartouche and laurel trails, on cabochon-headed channelled cabriole legs with scroll feet, upolstery distressed overall, redecorated, one back leg broken, with batten carrying holes, several stamped with the '1861' inventory, several others adapted to take castors (9)

來源

Probably acquired by John, 4th Duke of Bedford (d.1771) whilst ambassador in Paris and by descent.

出版

Woburn Abbey, Guide Book, 8th edition (illustrated in situ in the Canaletto Room circa 1920).

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍場告示

Please note that there are minor variations to the chairs including the carving of the front seat-rails and the profile of the front legs: of the nine, five have the thicker leg profile and four have the thinner.

拍品專文

Jean-Baptiste Lebas was elected maître in 1756.