Lot Essay
Nicolas Denis Delaisement, maître in 1776.
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BY NICOLAS DENIS DELAISEMENT, CIRCA 1780
Details
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BERGERES
BY NICOLAS DENIS DELAISEMENT, CIRCA 1780
Each with an arched padded back with beaded and foliate-carved crest rail and turned fluted flanking columns, the part-padded arms with scrolled and guilloche terminals above a bowed seat with squab cushion covered in blue silk, with beaded and waterleaf-carved rails, on tapering turned, spiral-fluted and foliate-carved legs, each stamped 'DELAISEMENT', later gilt and regessoed, the feet re-tipped
40 in. (102 cm.) high; 25 in. (64 cm.) wide; 26 ¾ in. (68 cm.) deep
BY NICOLAS DENIS DELAISEMENT, CIRCA 1780
Each with an arched padded back with beaded and foliate-carved crest rail and turned fluted flanking columns, the part-padded arms with scrolled and guilloche terminals above a bowed seat with squab cushion covered in blue silk, with beaded and waterleaf-carved rails, on tapering turned, spiral-fluted and foliate-carved legs, each stamped 'DELAISEMENT', later gilt and regessoed, the feet re-tipped
40 in. (102 cm.) high; 25 in. (64 cm.) wide; 26 ¾ in. (68 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired in the 19th century by an American private collector.
Thence by descent until acquired in 2018.
Thence by descent until acquired in 2018.
Special notice
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