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A LARGE LOUIS XV BEECH BERGERE
Lot 176 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 174-176)

A LARGE LOUIS XV BEECH BERGERE

BY LOUIS DELANOIS, CIRCA 1765

Closed17 March 2011

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A LARGE LOUIS XV BEECH BERGERE
BY LOUIS DELANOIS, CIRCA 1765
Of large proportions, the curved channeled back headed by a scrolled cartouche with husk swags, above part-padded arms and a loose cushion covered in blue silk damask, above a conformingly-carved serpentine front rail, on cabriole legs headed by heart-shaped cartouches, stamped '....NOIS' to front rail, repaired break to one leg
41½ in. (105 cm.) high; 32 in. (81 cm.) wide; 36 in. (91 cm.) deep

Koller, Zurich, 1 December 2006, lot 11, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

With its dossier en gondole, idiosyncratic husk swag-adorned cartouches to cresting and apron, and heart-shaped decoration to legs, this elegant bergère is closely related to one at Goodwood House, West Sussex, dated c. 1766, which formed part of a suite of seat furniture and is illustrated in S. Eriksen in Louis Delanois, menuisier en sièges (1731-1792), Paris, 1968, Pl. XXIII and p. 79.
Further related examples by the menuisier are illustrated Ibid., pl.XXII, while the present lot also closely relates to the oeuvre of Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard (1686-1766).

For further information on Louis Delanois, please refer to the catalogue note to lot 182.