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Lot Essay
Adrien-Pierre Dupain, maître in 1772
The attribution to Dupain is based on an identical pair of fauteuils, one stamped Dupain, sold anonymously Christie's, New York, 30 October 1003, lot 345. A further pair of Louis XVI white-painted banquettes by Dupain with similar cloven feet, previously in the collection of Mr. Paul Ambassadeur, was sold, Sotheby's, New York, 4 November 1989, lot 270.
These fauteuils once formed part of the legendary collection assembled by Mrs. Anna Thomson Dodge (1871-1970) for Rose Terrace, her Grosse Pointe residence modelled on the Petit Trianon at Versailles. A leading philanthropic benefactor and patron of the arts in Detroit and with a passionate interest in French eighteenth-century art, Mrs. Dodge enlisted the celebrated art dealer Joseph Duveen to help form the collection. His unrivalled access to the finest examples available on the market led to the acquisition of a series of masterpieces, many with royal provenance, including the celebrated porcelain-mounted bureau by Carlin, originally supplied to Empress Maria Feodorovna, which was for long the most expensive piece of French furniture sold at auction. Many of the works of art from Rose Terrace formed the core of the great decorative arts collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts, while the dispersal of the Dodge Collection with Christie's in 1971 was one of the landmark sales of its time.
The attribution to Dupain is based on an identical pair of fauteuils, one stamped Dupain, sold anonymously Christie's, New York, 30 October 1003, lot 345. A further pair of Louis XVI white-painted banquettes by Dupain with similar cloven feet, previously in the collection of Mr. Paul Ambassadeur, was sold, Sotheby's, New York, 4 November 1989, lot 270.
These fauteuils once formed part of the legendary collection assembled by Mrs. Anna Thomson Dodge (1871-1970) for Rose Terrace, her Grosse Pointe residence modelled on the Petit Trianon at Versailles. A leading philanthropic benefactor and patron of the arts in Detroit and with a passionate interest in French eighteenth-century art, Mrs. Dodge enlisted the celebrated art dealer Joseph Duveen to help form the collection. His unrivalled access to the finest examples available on the market led to the acquisition of a series of masterpieces, many with royal provenance, including the celebrated porcelain-mounted bureau by Carlin, originally supplied to Empress Maria Feodorovna, which was for long the most expensive piece of French furniture sold at auction. Many of the works of art from Rose Terrace formed the core of the great decorative arts collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts, while the dispersal of the Dodge Collection with Christie's in 1971 was one of the landmark sales of its time.