BY LOUIS DELANOIS, CIRCA 1760

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILT-WALNUT FAUTEUILS
BY LOUIS DELANOIS, CIRCA 1760
Each covered in 18th century Aubusson upholstery, which is apparently original, depicting scenes from the Fables de la Fontaine, each crestrail with stylized cartouche and trailing husks, stamped L. DELANOIS to front seatrail, one incised 'VII' to rear seatrail, the other with ink '4' to seatrails

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Lot Essay

Louis Delanois, maître in 1761.

Louis Delanois was one of the most important menuisiers of the 1760s and 1770s, and was among the first to embrace the neo-classical style fashionable among avant-garde collectors of the time. He supplied extensively to marchands-tapissiers, but also numbered among his clients members of the aristocracy with progressive taste, such as the prince de Condé and Mme du Barry. One of his most important commissions was for the King of Poland in 1768-70, when he supplied a significant amount of mobilier .

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