Live Auction 5956European Noble & Private Collections Including Fine Tapestries Part II
A LOUIS XVI PALE-GREY PAINTED CANAPE EN CORBEILLE AND PAIR OF GRAND FAUTEUILS
Lot 310

A LOUIS XVI PALE-GREY PAINTED CANAPE EN CORBEILLE AND PAIR OF GRAND FAUTEUILS

BY LOUIS-MICHEL LEFEVRE, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed1 October 2014

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GBP 5,625

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A LOUIS XVI PALE-GREY PAINTED CANAPE EN CORBEILLE AND PAIR OF GRAND FAUTEUILS
BY LOUIS-MICHEL LEFEVRE, LATE 18TH CENTURY
All re-covered in 1760's metal-thread and yellow silk damask 'Gros de Tours Jonquille', the fauteuils stamped L M LEFEVRE and JME, re-decorated
The canape: 40 in. (102 cm.) high; 63 in. (160 cm.) wide; 28 in. (71 cm.) deep
The fauteuil: 37 ¼ in. (95 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 24 ½ in. (62 cm.) deep
En suite with lots 308 and 309.

Specialist note

Louis-Michel Lefèvre, maître in 1749.

This exquisite canapé en corbeille and large fauteuils en suite, described by F. Grand d’Hauteville as being originally from the Billiard Room, are upholstered with original 'Tours de Jonquille'-silk removed from the drapings of the Master Bed of d'Herwarths in the Grand Salon at Hauteville, later used by both Madame de Cannac and Madame de St-Légier.