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Lot Essay
Sylvain Nicolas Blanchard, maître in 1743.
These superb canapés, with their sinuous, beautifully sculpted frames, embody the last flowering of rococo seat furniture in France in the 1750s and 1760s, the so-called 'rocaille symetrisé' as defined by Bill Pallot in his seminal work on 18th century seat furniture L'Art du Siège au XVIIIe Siècle en France, where the canapés are illustrated.
These canapés formed part of the collection of Karl Lagerfeld, the legendary couturier and style icon, the sale of whose collection in 1999 was a landmark event. His collection was particular rich in seat furniture, with all the great menuisiers represented, including iconic examples in the Louis XV, Transitional and Louis XVI styles by celebrated makers such as Louis Delanois, Jean Avisse, Jean-Baptiste Tilliard and Pierre Bara.
These superb canapés, with their sinuous, beautifully sculpted frames, embody the last flowering of rococo seat furniture in France in the 1750s and 1760s, the so-called 'rocaille symetrisé' as defined by Bill Pallot in his seminal work on 18th century seat furniture L'Art du Siège au XVIIIe Siècle en France, where the canapés are illustrated.
These canapés formed part of the collection of Karl Lagerfeld, the legendary couturier and style icon, the sale of whose collection in 1999 was a landmark event. His collection was particular rich in seat furniture, with all the great menuisiers represented, including iconic examples in the Louis XV, Transitional and Louis XVI styles by celebrated makers such as Louis Delanois, Jean Avisse, Jean-Baptiste Tilliard and Pierre Bara.