BY JEAN-BAPTISTE LELARGE, CIRCA 1785

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A SUITE OF LOUIS XVI OIL-GILT SEAT-FURNITURE
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE LELARGE, CIRCA 1785
Comprising: six fauteuils and six chaises, each with pierced arched back with fluted tapering splat above a rosette, the arms and bow-fronted seat covered in yellow and blue silk decorated with floral sprays, with fluted baluster supports, on fluted tapering legs and toupie feet, with chamfered rails inscribed in blue '3258', with paper label numbered '220' and stamped 'M' and 'I.B Lelarge', originally painted (12)

Provenance

Acquired from Mme Henri de St. Sauveur, Chateau d'Autry, 20 August 1920.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Jean-Baptiste Lelarge, maître in 1775.

The stamp of I.B. Lelarge most likely refers to Jean-Baptiste III Lelarge, who used the same stamp as his father, Jean-Baptiste II Lelarge (maître in 1738), the latter died in 1771, at which point his son took over his father's atelier. Jean-Baptiste III received his maîtrise in 1775 and quickly established a good reputation working for wealthy patrons both in France and abroad and also for the King of Portugal, although there is no mention of his name in the archives of the Royal Garde-meuble.

Inspired by chaises à la montgolfier, this model of seat-furniture was also executed by Jean-Baptiste Demay (maître in 1784) and Georges Jacob (maître in 1765).
Interestingly, this suite was acquired by Nathan Wildenstein from the château d'Autry together with the seat-furniture offered as lot 395.

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