LOUIS XV PERIOD BROKEN DUCHESSE WITH EARS Attributed to Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard In moulded and carved beech, decorated with rocaille cabochons, rosettes and foliate scrolls, the cambered legs surmounted by a fan and ending in a foliate scroll, upholstered in silk damask with polychrome floral decoration on a cream background; minor accidents. Size of shepherd's chair : H. : 104 cm (41 in.)w. 75 cm (29 ½ in.) Toe dimensions : H. 64 cm (25 in.) l. 71 cm (28 in.) D. 97 cm (38 in.) A Louis XV carved beechwood duchesse brisee a oreilles, attributed to Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard This lot is sold in aid of the 30 Millions d'Amis Foundation. This lot is being sold in aid of 30 Millions d'Amis. Although not stamped, this remarkable broken duchesse with ears is typical of the work of Jean Baptiste I Tilliard (1686-1766), one of the most important Parisian joiners active in the first half of the 18th century. An identical broken duchesse (see Fig.1) stamped by Tilliard sold at Christie's Paris on 13 April 2017, lot 139 (€18,750). The carved heart motif inscribed in a cartouche on the belt and back of our duchesse could be Tilliard's signature; it is found with slight variations on a large number of chairs made by this famous joiner, such as : - A pair of armchairs sold at Christie's Paris on 19 December 2007, lot 531. - A pair of attributed armchairs sold at Christie's London, 24 October 2013, lot 700. - A suite of four armchairs à la reine, from the former Elie and Inna Nahmias collection, sold at Christie's Paris, 6 November 2014, lot 227. - A shepherdess sold at Christie's Paris, 25 April 2018, lot 65. - A pair of frame armchairs sold at Maître Ader, Paris, on 2 April 1974 and illustrated in G.B.Pallot, L'Art du Siège au XVIIIe siècle, A.C.R. Gismondi Editeurs, 1987, p.139. The upper part of the legs is decorated with a fan motif, another of Tilliard's favourite designs and one that can be found, for example, on a pair of armchairs at la reine sold at Christie's Paris, 6 November 2015, lot 845, on a bergère from the former Fradier collection and illustrated in G.B.Pallot, L'Art du Siège au XVIIIe siècle, A.C.R. Gismondi Editeurs, 1987, p.137 or on a bergère kept at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and illustrated in G.Janneau, Les Sièges, Paris, 1993, fig. 175.