Each covered in ochre chintz, with ribbon-wrapped and acanthus-carved frame on tapering fluted legs, one seat rail inscribed '868', minor differences to the carving
37¹⁄₂ in. (95 cm.) high; 24³⁄₄ in. (63 cm.) wide; 21³⁄₄ in. (55 cm.) deep

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Jean-Baptiste Boulard, maître in 1755.

These fautueils are en suite with lot 152, the canapé is stamped J. B BOULARD.

Boulard worked almost exclusively for the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne from 1777, supplying a plethora of menuiserie to the Crown at Versailles, the Tuileries, Fontainebleau and Saint-Cloud. He collaborated with fellow menuisier Jean-Baptiste Sené (maître in 1769), with whom he shared many Royal commissions, to deliver a suite of chairs for Mme Elisabeth’s dining room at Montreuil and again in 1786, to deliver a suite of twelve dining-chairs for the salle à manger of Louis XVI at Versailles (P. Verlet, Le Mobilier Royal Français, vol. I, pp. 81-83, n. 31, pl. XLV). A canapé à confidant, stamped J. B. Boulard, was sold anonymously at Christie’s, London, 7 July 2005, lot 398 and Christie’s, London, 13 November 2018, lot 240