BY EITHER JEAN-BAPTISTE II OR JEAN-BAPTISTE III LELARGE, CIRCA 1770-5

This elegant canapé stamped 'J.B.Lelarge' was most probably executed by Jean-Baptiste II (maître in 1738). As P. Kjellberg discusses, the fact that both Jean-Baptiste II and his son Jean-Baptiste III (maître in 1775) who took over his father's atelier shortly after the latter's death in 1771, used the same estampille makes it impossible to attribute with certainty any of the more transitional pieces to either menuisier. Traditionally seats executed in the full-blown Louis XV style have been attributed to the father, while those made in a pure Louis XVI style have generally been related to his son's production (P. Kjellberg, le Mobilier Français du XVIIIè siècle, Paris, 1998, pp.500-501.