A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI GILT WALNUT CANAPES BY NICOLAS DELAISEMENT, CIRCA 1780 Each with arched back, padded arms and bowed seat covered in purple and green cut velvet, the back frame carved with beading and acanthus leaves flanked by scrolling foliage, the arched back supported by similar scrolls, the seat frame carved with flower-filled entrelacs on spiral-fluted legs headed by rosettes, one stamped DELAISEMENT, en suite with lots 98-99 40 ½ in. (103 cm.) long
Provenance
Madame Pierre Schlumberger, hôtel de Luzy, Paris. Acquired from Galerie Kugel, Paris.