SIX CIRCA 1760, POSSIBLY BY LOUIS DELANOIS, TWELVE OF A LATER DATE

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A SET OF EIGHTEEN LOUIS XV GILTWOOD CHAISES
SIX CIRCA 1760, POSSIBLY BY LOUIS DELANOIS, TWELVE OF A LATER DATE
Each with padded back and seat close-nail upholstered in stiped burgundy velvet, the channelled and shaped rectangular back above a shaped seat-rail on cabriole legs, re-gilt
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 19 1/4 in. (49 cm.) wide; 16 1/4 in. (41 cm.) deep

Provenance

Collection of Karl Lagerfeld; sold Christie's, Monaco, 29 April 2000, lot 229 and 230.

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Lot Essay

A celebrated and prolific menuisier, Louis Delanois produced a significant amount of both Louis XV and Louis XVI furniture for the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne. The sober yet perfectly balanced channeled frames of these chairs are characteristic of Delanois's oeuvre and typical of what would have been produced for antechambers or dinning rooms. Some similar chairs bearing his stamp were delivered for the antichambre of Madame du Barry's apartment at Versaille (inv. VMB2261).

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