A Louis XV/XVI cream-painted fauteuil en cabriolet circa 1770

the cartouche-shaped upholstered backrest with molded rails, padded armrests on molded voluted supports, the serpentine-fronted seat raised on short turned tapered fluted legs.



The seat rail bearing the brand of the Château de Chanteloup.

Duc de Penthièvre, Grand Amiral de France, Château de Chanteloup

Collection of Mr. Henry Clarke, sold, Christie's, Monaco, June 20, 1998, lot 340

Louis-Jean-Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre (1725-1793) was the eldest son of the comte de Toulouse who was the legitimised son of  Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan; on the death of his father, he succeeded to the post of Amiral de France, hence the anchor which is incorporated into his arms and into his inventory marks. 

The duc de Penthièvre was one of the richest men in France, his town house was the hôtel de Toulouse, now the Banque de France; he also owned the châteaux of Anet and Sceaux; he was born in the château de Rambouillet which he also owned until 1783 when he was prevailed upon by Louis XVI to dispose of it. 

The château de Chanteloup had been the home of Etienne François de Choiseul Stainville, Louis XV's prime minister, until his death in 1785; it was acquired in 1786, with its furnishings, by the duc de Penthièvre.  During the revolution the furniture was, for the most part, sold before the château was demolished.