RARES PROJETS POUR LA SALLE DU TRÔNE DE LOUIS... Lot 47

RARES PROJETS POUR LA SALLE DU TRÔNE DE LOUIS XVIII AUX TUILERIES Set of three frames containing cut gouache painted paper projects, decorated in gold tones on a scarlet background with palms, bouquets of lilies, acanthus leaf friezes and passementerie bows. In rectangular frames of Empire style, applied with gilded metal stars, on a blue paper background in red cardboard marie-louises. Attributed to Jean-Démosthène DUGOURC (1749-1825), Restoration period, around 1814. Frames : H. 93 x W. 73 cm and H. 137 x W. 45 cm. Provenance - Former Brocard collection. - Sale "Collection Brocard : the needle arts. Embroideries and tapestries from the Renaissance to the 20th century, historical souvenirs from the First Empire, Louis XVIII and Charles X periods, documentation, costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries. Mes Dumousset & Deburaux, Paris, Drouot-Montaigne, 11-12 June 1998, lot H70. - French private collection. Exhibition "Treasures of Napoleon", Melbourne (Australia), July to September 1999. History In 1815, the return to the monarchy made it necessary to remake the symbolic place of royal power. A large order was placed for a vast ensemble: the throne (destroyed during the Revolution of 1848), two large trophies of arms, two armchairs (at the Mobilier national, mutilated in 1848), two foot stools (Musée de Versailles), 48 folding chairs (destroyed in 1871), a screen (Mobilier national) and a screen. The throne room is also decorated with 4 large gilded wooden torchères surmounted by girandoles by Thomire (Mobilier national), a carpet by the Savonnerie (central part in the Mobilier national, lateral part today in Fontainebleau). The program magnifying royalty and history of the Capetians and Bourbons also included the creation of tapestries by the Gobelins to the glory of the great kings of the dynasty (some of which, illustrating Saint Louis and François I, are kept at the Mobilier national). The design of the extraordinary furniture was the work of Jean-Démosthène Dugourc, Jacob Desmalter made the woods, Jean-François Lèbe their gilding. The fabrics were woven in Lyon at Grand frère. The Picot-Brocard workshop In 1775, the embroidery workshop directed by Augustin PICOT was a supplier to the Court. In 1804, for the coronation of Napoleon I, it provided the imperial great coat in purple velvet with bees, the coat of the small costume, etc. During the first years of the Empire, his clients were the imperial family and the great dignitaries of the court. In 1825 he was succeeded by DELALANDE. During the Restoration, the company supplied the throne of Louis XVIII, the baptismal carriage of the Duke of Bordeaux and the carriage for the coronation of Charles X. Around 1850, the name LEPETIT appeared, embroidering the cradle of the imperial prince and the carriage of the Empress Eugenie. LEPETIT was succeeded by Arsène MAINCENT and Robert BROCARD (1857-1929) who embroidered the reception hall and salons of the Élysée Palace. Louis BROCARD succeeded him and then Marie-Françoise BROCARD. We owe to the Brocard House, the restoration of Versailles, the Morny salon in the Louvre, etc. The Brocard workshop closed its doors in 1995. Related works Two designs with the arms of France for the Throne Room of King Louis XVIII in the Tuileries by Jean Demosthène Dugourc, also from the former Brocard collection (gift, 1991), are kept in the Department of Graphic Arts of the Louvre (inv. RF 42745 and 42746). The 1998 sale of the Brocard collection also included several similar designs for the Salle du Trône.