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Lot Essay
Jean Avisse, maître in 1745.
This richly and finely carved pair of stools was originally part of an extensive set by Jean Avisse, received maître in 1745. They are en suite with a sofa, considered a masterpiece by Jean Avisse, which was part of the Espirito-Santo collection (sold in Paris, June 14, 1955, no. 91; ill. in Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, 1989, p. 33) before entering the Stavros Niarchos collection, when it was displayed in the grand salon of the Hôtel de Chanaleilles (see ‘L’hôtel de Chanaleilles‘, in Connaissance des Arts, November 1960, pp. 83 and 108). Four stools and three chairs from the same set were part of the collection of Guy de Rothschild, at the Hôtel Lambert (ill. in ‘Belles demeures de Paris’, 1977, pp. 254-255; and Isabelle Rey ‘Vue du Grand Salon de l'hôtel Lambert’, watercolour, 1998, sold at Sotheby’s, March 17, 2005, lot 708). A pair of stools (possibly the ones here offered) and a pair of fauteuils from the set, without gilding, was sold from the Estate of Elisabeth Lewyt at Sotheby's, New York, 23 October 2013, lot 120-121. The aformentioned fauteuils were stencilled 'C.H.T.' indicating they were previously in the collection of William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Londsdale (d. 1844), 14-15 Carlton House Terrace.
Jean Avisse (1723-1796) whose workshop was established on the Rue Cléry, first supplied tapestry makers and marchands-merciers before he could exclusively work for private clients such as the Marquise de Chabannes, the Comtesse de Fontenay and the Chevalier de Lamotte. He worked with highly skilled woodcarvers such as Jean-François Baillard, Pierre Rousseau and Claude Vinache, producing some of the finest Rococo seat furniture of the eighteenth century.
This richly and finely carved pair of stools was originally part of an extensive set by Jean Avisse, received maître in 1745. They are en suite with a sofa, considered a masterpiece by Jean Avisse, which was part of the Espirito-Santo collection (sold in Paris, June 14, 1955, no. 91; ill. in Kjellberg, Le mobilier français du XVIIIe siècle, 1989, p. 33) before entering the Stavros Niarchos collection, when it was displayed in the grand salon of the Hôtel de Chanaleilles (see ‘L’hôtel de Chanaleilles‘, in Connaissance des Arts, November 1960, pp. 83 and 108). Four stools and three chairs from the same set were part of the collection of Guy de Rothschild, at the Hôtel Lambert (ill. in ‘Belles demeures de Paris’, 1977, pp. 254-255; and Isabelle Rey ‘Vue du Grand Salon de l'hôtel Lambert’, watercolour, 1998, sold at Sotheby’s, March 17, 2005, lot 708). A pair of stools (possibly the ones here offered) and a pair of fauteuils from the set, without gilding, was sold from the Estate of Elisabeth Lewyt at Sotheby's, New York, 23 October 2013, lot 120-121. The aformentioned fauteuils were stencilled 'C.H.T.' indicating they were previously in the collection of William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Londsdale (d. 1844), 14-15 Carlton House Terrace.
Jean Avisse (1723-1796) whose workshop was established on the Rue Cléry, first supplied tapestry makers and marchands-merciers before he could exclusively work for private clients such as the Marquise de Chabannes, the Comtesse de Fontenay and the Chevalier de Lamotte. He worked with highly skilled woodcarvers such as Jean-François Baillard, Pierre Rousseau and Claude Vinache, producing some of the finest Rococo seat furniture of the eighteenth century.