BY JEAN-RENE NADAL L'AINE, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV CANAPE
BY JEAN-RENE NADAL L'AINE, MID-18TH CENTURY
The shaped back and seat upholstered in pale blue velvet, the rails decorated with flowerheads flanked by foliage, with moulded arms and supports, on cabriole feet headed by flowers, stamped once indistinctly

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Lot Essay

Born in 1733 and received as a maître in 1756, Jean René Nadal called L'Ainé was the oldest son of the menuisier Jean Nadal. He took over his fathers atelier on the rue de Cléry, in a district where most of the chair makers were established. He worked for the Crown as well as for the Comte d'Artois.

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