Christie’s roundel
Lot 2

A PAIR OF LOUIS XV BEECH FAUTEUILS

BY MARTIN DELAPORTE, CIRCA 1750

Closed14 May 2009

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GBP 8,125

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV BEECH FAUTEUILS
BY MARTIN DELAPORTE, CIRCA 1750
Each upholstered à chassis in green striped damask-pattern cut velvet, on cabriole legs, both stamped 'MDLP', inscribed in blue chalk 'SA-4302', previously painted
38½ in. (98 cm.) high and 38¼ in. (97 cm.) high; 29 in. (74 cm.) wide; 25 in. (64 cm.) deep (2)

Acquired from Raymond Kraemer, Paris, in 1957.

Specialist note

Martin Delaporte, flourished circa 1730-40 (d. 1756).