Lot Essay
Martin Delaporte, active 1730-1740.
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ONE STAMPED 'M.DLP', CIRCA 1740
Details
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV WALNUT AND BEECHWOOD FAUTEUILS
ONE STAMPED 'M.DLP', CIRCA 1740
Each with an arched floral-carved crest rail, outscrolled arms and a similarly-carved serpentine seat rail, on cabriole legs ending in vine and acanthus-carved feet, both the backs and seats covered in 18th century Aubusson tapestry with four different central scenes of pairs of animals, one inscribed in graphite 'No. 7' and the other inscribed in graphite 'No. 8' and with two paper labels inscribed 'Drawing Room #12' (2)
ONE STAMPED 'M.DLP', CIRCA 1740
Each with an arched floral-carved crest rail, outscrolled arms and a similarly-carved serpentine seat rail, on cabriole legs ending in vine and acanthus-carved feet, both the backs and seats covered in 18th century Aubusson tapestry with four different central scenes of pairs of animals, one inscribed in graphite 'No. 7' and the other inscribed in graphite 'No. 8' and with two paper labels inscribed 'Drawing Room #12' (2)
Provenance
[by repute] William Randolph Hearst.
[by repute] William Clark (a cousin), San Francisco.
with George de Batz, New York.
[by repute] William Clark (a cousin), San Francisco.
with George de Batz, New York.