BY LOUIS DELANOIS, CIRCA 1780

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS A LA REINE
BY LOUIS DELANOIS, CIRCA 1780
The arched back, arms and seat upholstered à chassis in striped red velvet, the frame decorated with a wrapped leaf and bead motif on stop-fluted turned, tapering legs headed by square rosettes, each stamped 'L. DELANOIS'
39 in. (99 cm.) high; 28 in. (71 cm.) wide; 26 in. (71 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Louis Delanois (maître in 1761) was one of the most important menuisiers of the 1760s and 1770s, and among the first artisans to embrace the neoclassical style fashionable among the most avant-garde collectors of the time. He supplied extensively to marchands-tapissiers, but also to members of the aristocracy with progressive taste, such as the prince de Condé and Madame du Barry. One of his most important commissions was that for the King Stanislas II of Poland in 1768-70, to whom he supplied a significant amount of seats, after striking neoclassical designs by Jean-Louis Prieur.

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