LOUIS XV PERIOD BROKEN DUCHESSE WITH EARS
Attributed... Lot 27
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LOUIS XV PERIOD BROKEN DUCHESSE WITH EARS
Attributed to Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard
Molded and carved beechwood, decorated with rocaille cabochons, rosettes and foliate scrolls, cambered legs surmounted by a fan and terminating in a foliate scroll, silk damask upholstery with polychrome floral decoration on a cream background;minor accidents.
Dimensions bergère :
H.:104 cm (41 in.)W.:75 cm (29 ½ in.)
Toe dimensions:
H.:64 cm (25 in.)
l.:71 cm (28 in.)
P. 97 cm (38 in.)
A Louis XV carved beechwood duchesse brisee a oreilles, attributed to Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard
This lot is sold in aid of the 30 Millions d'Amis Foundation.
This lot is being sold in aid of 30 Millions d'Amis.
Although unstamped, this remarkable duchesse brisée à oreilles is typical of the production of Jean Baptiste I Tilliard (1686-1766), one of the most important Parisian joiners active in the first half of the 18th century.
A broken duchesse identical (cfr. Fig.1) to ours and stamped by Tilliard, sold at Christie's Paris, April 13, 2017, lot 139 (€ 18,750).
The carved heart motif inscribed in a cartouche that adorns the belt and back of our duchesse could be Tilliard's signature; it is found with minute variations on a large number of seats executed by this famous joiner such as:
- A pair of armchairs sold at Christie's Paris, December 19, 2007, lot 531.
- A pair of attributed armchairs sold at Christie's London, October 24, 2013, lot 700.
- A suite of four fauteuils à la reine, from the former Elie and Inna Nahmias collection, sold at Christie's Paris, November 6, 2014, lot 227.
- A bergère sold at Christie's Paris, April 25, 2018, lot 65.
- A pair of frame armchairs sold in Paris at Maître Ader, April 2, 1974 and illustrated in G.B.Pallot, L'Art du Siège au XVIIIe siècle, A.C.R. Gismondi Editeurs, 1987, p.139.
The upper part of the legs is adorned with a fan motif, another of Tilliard's favorite designs, found for example on a pair of fauteuils à la reine
la reine sold at Christie's Paris, November 6, 2015, lot 845, on a bergère from the former Fradier collection and illustrated in G.B.Pallot, L'Art du Siège au XVIIIe siècle, A.C.R. Gismondi Editeurs, 1987, p.137 or on a bergère kept at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and illustrated in G.Janneau, Les Sièges, Paris, 1993, fig. 175.
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