{"id":49076,"date":"2018-11-28T15:42:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T14:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marclabarbe.com\/?p=49076"},"modified":"2019-01-24T13:21:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T12:21:04","slug":"versailles-a-toulouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marclabarbe.com\/en\/versailles-a-toulouse\/","title":{"rendered":"VERSAILLES IN TOULOUSE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Set of eight chairs and an armchair 'en cabriolet \u00e0 la grecque'. Handwritten labels, heat-affixed W and ink marks. Order of the year 1784 for 'l'Abb\u00e9 Daran aum\u00f4nier de la V\u00e9nerie' at the Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles'.\u00a0<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Discovered in July 2018 by Mrs Camille Chabroux, auctioneer, these seats were pre-empted by the Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles<\/strong> at the auction of December 13, 2018 organized by the Labarbe Auction House.\u00a0<\/p>

Sold out \u20ac 27 280<\/strong> under the hammer of the auctioneer Marc Labarbe, this set joins - to our great pleasure -the collections of Versailles and will\u00a0reinforce<\/strong> the representation of "ordinary" furniture made during the reign of Louis XVI<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

These seats were created in 1784, only five<\/span>\u00a0years before the French Revolution and the dispersion of furniture garnishing the royal residences.\u00a0<\/span>Probably sold at this very troubled time, their rediscovery in a castle in the South West of France<\/strong> in 2018 and their return to Versailles in early 2019 will probably remain one of the most moving events in the history of Labarbe Auction House.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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"\u00a0'Une berg\u00e8re en cabriolet \u00e0 la grecque'<\/b><\/span><\/p>

Supported by four fluted legs turned into sheath, the capron of the armchair, simply molded and\u00a0slightly curved, had to accommodate a cushion, now missing.\u00a0<\/span>The armchair is decorated with a rosette pattern and extended by curved arm supports, while the\u00a0<\/span>rectilinear armrests receive manchettes of a green velvet nicely embossed whose fabric is\u00a0<\/span>identical to that of the cheeks and high backrest.<\/span><\/p>

The reverse side of the lower rail has the Versailles heat-affixed mark W and a\u00a0<\/span>handwritten label mentioning \"une berg\u00e8re en cabriolais ala \/ greque pour M label Darran \/\u00a0<\/span>aumonnie delavenerie \". If no stamp appears to have been affixed by the carpenter, the armchair keeps<\/span>its ink mark "WN \u00b0 63A" on the seat straps.<\/span><\/p>