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A LARGE LOUIS XV STAINED BEECHWOOD CANAPE EN CORBEILLE
Lot 87 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (LOTS 80-87)

A LARGE LOUIS XV STAINED BEECHWOOD CANAPE EN CORBEILLE

BY LOUIS DELANOIS, CIRCA 1765

Closed8 December 2011

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A LARGE LOUIS XV STAINED BEECHWOOD CANAPE EN CORBEILLE
BY LOUIS DELANOIS, CIRCA 1765
The waved chanelled back, padded arms, seat, squab cushion and four scatter cushions covered in close-nailed ruby red floral cut velvet, the cresting centred by a floral spray and foliage, the curved sides with spiral terminals, above a conformingly-carved waved seat, on cabriole legs with scrolled feet, stamped 'L.DELANOIS', previously decorated
42 in. (106.5 cm.) high; 83½ in. (212 cm.) wide; 32 in. (81.5 cm.) deep

Libert, Paris, 14 April 2010, lot 190, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

A celebrated and prolific menuisier, Delanois produced a plethora of seats, a large portion of which was commissioned through marchands-merciers, the Comte d'Artois (future King Charles X, 1824-1830), the prince de Condé, and King Stanislas II of Poland. The majority of his commissions were recorded in his Livre des Ouvrages et Fournitures de Meubles faits à credit (1761-1777) which is now in the Paris Archives. A related canapé or so called ottomane by Delanois, formerly in the collection of the Baron d'Etchegoyen, Paris, is illustrated in S. Eriksen, Louis Delanois, Menuisier en Sièges (1731-1792), Paris, 1968, pl. XX-XXI.