CIRCA 1755, ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE NOGARET

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A LOUIS XV WALNUT CANAPÉ À CORBEILLE
CIRCA 1755, ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE NOGARET
Of monumental proportions, the waved channelled toprail carved with a stylised spray of roses and acanthus with C-scrolls, the padded back and serpentine seat upholstered with rose pink coloured floral silk damask, the channelled frame above a serpentine-fronted seat-rail carved with further flower sprays, on channelled cabriole legs and scroll feet
104 in. (264 cm.) wide

Provenance

Probably Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (d.1927) and by descent to his third son
Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (d.1944), from whom acquired 3 June 1930.

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Lot Essay

Pierre Nogaret, maître in 1745

Nogaret is arguably the most celebrated menuisier working outside the capital. After his apprentissage in Paris, he settled in Lyon in 1745 where he created seat-furniture, mainly in walnut, with characteristic bold mouldings highlighted with strong naturalistically carving.
This canapé of unusual scale and prominent carving relates to another, illustrated in A. Ferrier, 'Nogaret et sa manière de galber un siège Louis XV', Connaissance des Arts, June 1959, p. 117.

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