25 % DISCOUNT UNTIL 30.11 - Stamped Nogaret A Lyon - Fauteuil A Dossier Plat -XVIIIème

25% discount to be applied until 30.11 - New price: 3712 €.

Beautiful flat-back armchair in molded and carved natural wood, decorated with flowers.
The back is violoné, the armrests coup de fouet, the legs arched.

It is upholstered in a damask fabric that revisits the traditional Baroque motif.
This fabric is made by Rubelli and is part of the Venezia collection.
Its design has been woven on a precious silk ground, with shiny, metallic wefts.
The golden tones that enhance its style give it the appearance of embroidery.
It's ideal for sublimating an interior with elegance.

Frame in very good condition - No stiffeners
Stamped "NOGARET A LYON" on the rear belt rail
Lyon, Louis XV period

Height : 98 cm - Width : 74 cm - Depth : 58 cm

Pierre Nogaret (1718 - August 23, 1771)
Chair joiner. Master in 1745 in Lyon.
Lyon's most famous joiner. These works, almost all in carved and varnished walnut, decorated with flowers and rocaille or ribbons and linked rushes, are stamped "NOGARET A LYON" with the leg of the "Y" folding to the left.
The lines of his creations, emphasizing the movement of the silhouette, give them an alert rhythm like no other.

Pierre Nogaret was born in Paris in 1718, and remained the undisputed master of the Lyonnais chair under the reign of Louis XV. Unlike his colleagues Riesener and Jacob, there is no portrait of this illustrious cabinetmaker, who was the "faceless" craftsman, a veritable myth identified solely with his work.
It is thought, however, that after an apprenticeship in Paris, probably with a great master, he left the capital in 1743 to settle in Lyon, where he continued his training with Lyon master François Girard.
He obtained his master's degree in Lyon in 1745. From 1745 to 1761. He does not seem to have been much involved in the life of his guild, of which he was only elected master-guard with Mathieu Lerbet on February 9, 1771.
He died on August 23 of the same year and was buried in the "cave de Saint-Roch".

His stamp
Nogaret's stamp appears as a line of small capitals (47mm x 2.2mm), and the shape of the Lyon Y shows a highly characteristic layout, with the leg folding horizontally to the left.
The forgeries are based on reference works such as Comte de Salverte's, Pierre Verlet's (1955) and Jean Nicolay's (1959), all of which, to varying degrees, show a clear error on the "Y".
The location of the de Nogaret stamp seems to have been rigorously coded.
On caned flat-back seats, the stamp is located on the rear crossmember of the frame,
on embossed flat-back seats, it's on the rear crossmember of the belt,
on cabriolets, on the backrest upright at the assembly point,
on gilded wood frame seats, on a crosspiece inside the belt frame.

MUSEUMS
Louis XV chaise longue - Jacquemart-André - Chaalis
Louis XV child's armchair - Musée d'Art et d'Histoire - Geneva
Three Louis XV cabriolet armchairs - Musée Nissim de Camondo - Paris
Four Louis XV à la reine chairs - Musée du Louvre
Pair of carved wooden chairs, upholstered in modern velvet, Louis XV period - N°MAD 1179, Pair of carved walnut cabriolet armchairs. They have slightly curved violin-shaped backs. They feature wide spread armrests and rest on cambered legs ending in doe feet. - N°MAD 1580, 4 cabriolet armchairs and 2 upholstered chairs, Only two armchairs and two chairs are stamped. The flowers on the belt are different from one seat to another. - N°MAD 2673, Paire de fauteuils en cabriolet - N°MAD 3140, Fauteuil cabriolet - N°MAD 474 - Les Arts décoratifs - Lyon
Louis XV chair - Les Arts décoratifs - Paris

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nogaret et le siège lyonnais - Bernard Deloche, Jean-Yves Mornand - Jacques André éditeur - 2009
Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIème Siècle - Pierre Kjellberg - Les Editions de l'Amateur - 2008
Les ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle - Comte François de Salverte - Les éditions d'Art et d'Histoire - 1934
L'Art du siège au XVIIIe siècle en France - Bill G. B. Pallot - ACR-Gismondi Editeurs - 1996
Website about Nogaret on the occasion of the tercentenary of his birth
 

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