A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVI CREAM-PAINTED TABOURETS

CIRCA 1775, STAMPED L DELAPORTE

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A SET OF FOUR LOUIS XVI CREAM-PAINTED TABOURETS
Circa 1775, stamped L DELAPORTE
Each with an incurving rectangular hinged top decorated with laurel chain enclosing a fabric-covered interior on turned tapering stop-fluted legs headed by geometric panels, previously blue-decorated
18in. (46cm.) high, 24in. (62cm.) wide, 14in. (37cm.) deep (4)

Lot Essay

Martin Nicolas Delaporte, matre in 1765
The unusual curved form of these seats indicate that they were part of a suite which when assembled would form a circular arrangement for an intimate boudoir or a garden pavillion. These intimate settings were very much in vogue in the eighteenth century for such important princely patrons as the duc de Choiseul at Chanteloup and Comtesse de Provence at Montreuil.