A pair of Louis XV white- and cream-painted armchairs à la reine, stamped N. Q. Foliot, circa 1750
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Description
the back and front rails centred by carved floral motifs, with foliate motifs to the ears and the knees, on cabriole legs, the backs and seat covered with later green and cream gros-point needlework
98cm high, 72cm wide, the seat 60.5cm deep; 38 ⅝ in., 28 ⅜ in., 23 ⅞ in.
Sotheby’s, New York, 24 May 2007, lot 238.
Nicolas Quinibert Foliot (1706–1776) was admitted to the guild of master-joiners ("reçu maître") in 1729, and would provide fluid, finely carved seat furniture for many royal palaces during the Louis XV period. His works can still be seen in French châteaux, including a suite made for Madame du Barry's château de Saint-Hubert and now in the Petit Trianon (e.g. V 5749.1), and are also in important decorative arts collections like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (e.g. 66.60.2). A notable suite that was likely made for Madame de Pompadour is now at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire (3253.1-8).
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