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A LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD DUCHESSE BRISEE
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A LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD DUCHESSE BRISEE

ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-BAPTISTE TILLIARD, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV BEECHWOOD DUCHESSE BRISEE
ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-BAPTISTE TILLIARD, MID-18TH CENTURY
Carved overall with foliage and scrolls, the arched padded back, ears, squab cushions, arms, sides and seats covered on beige and red floral silk damask, the toprail and seat-rail centred by a heart-shaped cartouche and flanked by floral trails, the footrest carved conformingly, on cabriole legs terminating in toupie feet, with fixing hooks
49½ in. (100 cm.) high; 72 in. (183 cm.) long
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Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard, maître in 1717.
This elegant duchesse brisée is characteristic for the oeuvre of Tilliard. The most prominent feature of his work is the heart-shaped cabochon to the seat and toprail, which is almost exclusive to his production. Another recurrent feature in Tilliard's work is the 'fan-shaped' or 'palmette plissée' carving to the top of the legs, which also features on the present piece.
Related chairs by Tilliard featuring heart-shaped cabochons and fan-headed legs are illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIème siècle, Paris, 2002, p.873 and p.877, figs d and e, in G. Jeanneau, Les Sièges, Paris, 1967, pls.130, 175, 190, and in J.Nicolay, L'Art et la Manière des Maître ébénistes Français au XVIIIème siècle, Paris, 1956, pp 457-459. Tilliard's distinctive heart-shaped cabochons can also be found on fauteuils by the ébéniste, in the Wrightsman Collection (F.J.B Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, New York, 1966, vol.I, p.48, p.66-67).