ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE NOGARET, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A MATCHED PAIR OF LOUIS XV WALNUT AND BEECHWOOD SIDE CHAIRS
ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE NOGARET, MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with cartouche-shaped back and serpentine seat covered in dark green trellis-patterned horsehair, the channelled frame carved with floral sprays, on cabriole legs terminating in leaf-wrapped feet, the legs with later metal supporting brackets (2)

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Lot Essay

Pierre Nogaret (1718 -1771) maître 1745 in Lyon, France, was among the most widely-known 18th Century ébénistes outside the capital, along with the Hache dynasty of Grenoble-based ébénistes. Nogaret is famed for the curvaceous lines of his productions, and more particularly the waved uprights, shaped seatrails, and arm-supports 'en coup-de fouet' of his chairs, which always retained a natural elegance. A related fauteuil by Nogaret is illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIème siècle, Paris, 2002, p. 652, fig. a.

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