European Furniture, Silver, & Ceramics
European Furniture, Silver, & Ceramics
The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
A Louis XV Carved Giltwood Bergère by Delanois, Circa 1765
Lot Closed
April 19, 05:25 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
A Louis XV Carved Giltwood Bergère by Delanois, Circa 1765
probably previously white-painted; stamped on inside back seat rail L.DELANOIS
Louis Delanois (1731-1792), maître in 1761
height 39 ½ in.; width 28 in.
100.3 cm; 71.1 cm
The Giuseppe Rossi Collection, Sotheby's London, 10-12 March 1999, lot 706
Delanois was one of the most renowned chairmakers of the 18th century, becoming master in 1761 when the nascent 'neo-grec' fashion was emerging. His early work, including the present lot, is in the fully developed Louis XV style, but he was quick to adopt the neoclassical forms and produced seat furniture in the Transitional style, and towards the end of his career he was working in the fully developed Louis XVI style. He was one of the few leading Parisian menuisiers to successfully span these decades, and to successfully interpret the prevailing fashions. Delanois had a distinguished clientèle which included the Comte d'Artois, the ducs de Bourbon, de Chartres, d'Enghien et de Praslin, the Prince de Beauvau and the Comtesse de Choiseul. For a full discussion of the life of Louis Delanois, see S. Eriksen, Louis Delanois Menuisier en Sièges (Paris, 1968).