PAIRE DE FAUTEUILS À CHÂSSIS LOUIS XV - Lot 8

PAIRE DE FAUTEUILS À CHÂSSIS LOUIS XV One of which is stamped J.B. Boulard, with medallion backs, low seat and Louis XV period frame. In walnut, finely molded, with antique leather upholstery in excellent condition. state of preservation H: 87 x W: 52 x D: 58 cm Provenance: Comtes de Ganay Jean Baptiste Boulard (b. circa 1725 - d. 1789 and master 1755) was one of the most important chair of his time. By 1777, his work for the Garde Meuble de la Couronne ensured him regular royal commissions. orders. He delivered chairs to Compiègne, Fontainebleau Fontainebleau, Versailles, Saint-Cloud and Bagatelle. Bagatelle, and his chairs can be found in the great museums of museums in France, England (Wallace collection) the United States (Metropolitan Museum) and Gulbenkian in Lisbon. Under Louis XV, Boulard's style was characterized by by sparse sculpture, nervous moldings and with whiplash-shaped arm brackets (as seen here) and (as shown here) and a pleated palmette atop the feet. a pleated palmette. Bibliography: P. Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du 18 ème siècle, Ed. de l'Amateur, Paris, 2002, pp 109-116.