A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV WHITE-PAINTED FAUTEUILS A LA REINE BY JEAN-NICOLAS BLANCHARD, CIRCA 1770

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, New York

Sotheby's New York, The Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 23-26 April 1996, lot 316 ($63,000 incl. premium)

A. G. d'Assy, 'Les Blanchard: une dynastie de menuisiers', L'Estampille-L'Objet d'Art June 2002 (370), p.58-69.

Part of a dynasty of Paris chair-makers, Jean-Nicolas Blanchard took over his brother Sylvain's workshop the in the rue de Cléry under the sign of the Chat Blanc in 1771. He was a supplier to Versailles and was particularly known for his armchairs produced in late Louis XV and Transitional styles of ample proportions. His work is represented in the Louvre and Carnavalet museums in Paris and the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon.