BY JEAN-BAPTISTE LELARGE, CIRCA 1780

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A LOUIS XVI GILTWOOD BERGERE
BY JEAN-BAPTISTE LELARGE, CIRCA 1780
The arched frame carved with flowering harebells and foliate cresting, padded arms terminating in berried terminals on rope-twist supports and scrolling acanthus base, the shaped seat-rail with arched motif interspersed with flower shoots, fluted, rope-twist legs headed by scrolls and terminating in foliate wrapped sabots, the padded back, arms and drop-in seat covered in a scarlet silk damask, stamped once 'J. B. LELARGE'
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high, 27 in. (68.6 cm.) wide, 21 ½ in. (54.6 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.

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Lot Essay

Jean-Baptiste Lelarge, maître in 1775

The stamp of I.B. Lelarge most likely refers to Jean-Baptiste III Lelarge (1743-1802), who utilized the same stamp as his father, Jean-Baptiste II Lelarge, (maître in 1738) who died in 1771, at which point his son took over his father's atelier. After receiving his maîtrise, Jean-Baptiste III quickly established a good reputation working from his shop on the rue de Cléry for wealthy patrons both in France and abroad, where his clients included the King of Portugal. Creating furnishings in the latest styles, he was most active during the last two decades of the eighteenth century and his business even survived the turbulent years of the revolution.

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