Collection Jean-Marie Rossi, D'un monde l'autre, Part I

A set of six Louis XVI giltwood fauteuils, circa 1780, stamped by Jean-Baptiste Boulard

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 EUR

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Description

decorated with scrolls, acanthus leaves and triglyphs, raised on four tapered fluted legs,with a blue silk damask trim upholstery by maison Decour, stamped J.B. BOULARD; (minor losses to the gilding)

(6)

Height 96 cm, width. 65 cm, depth. 59 cm ; Height 37 2/3 in., width 25 1/2 in., depth 23 1/4 in.

P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 2002

Related literature :

L. Condamy, Jean-Baptiste Boulard, menuisier du roi, Saint-Etienne, 2008, p. 71 et p. 265

B. Pallot, Le mobilier du Musée du Louvre Tome 2, Dijon, 1993, p. 154, ill. 389

Jean-Baptiste Boulard (1725-1789), carpenter, received master in 1755.

This set of six richly carved fauteuils with scrolls, acanthus leaves and triglyphs stylistically evokes the series of seats he delivered for Louis XVI at the Château de Fontainebleau, two of which are kept at the Louvre Museum (inv. OA 10204 and OA 10203) and two chairs sold by Replica Shoes ’s from the former collection of the Duke of Castries, Replica Shoes ’s, Paris, 28 June 2022, lot 52, sold for €44,100.

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