Lot 128: Designs for seven elaborate armchairs and a sofa

Jean-Guillaume Moitte (Paris 1746-1810)
Designs for seven elaborate armchairs and a sofa
pen and grey and black ink, grey and black wash
13 5/8 x 23 1/8 in. (34.6 x 58.6 cm.)

Paris, Hôtel George V, Odiot, Maître-Orfèvre du XIXe Siècle, 1975, no. 53.

Henri Auguste, until 1810.
J.B.C. Odiot, his studio stamp and number '502' (twice).

Designs for seat furniture in the Antique manner were popularised by Pierre-Antoine Leboux de la Mésangère's Journal des Modes et du Goût, a journal depicting contemporary society and fashion in Paris published between 1798 and 1835. A Roman sofa with alternate patterns implies that the designs were intended for publication. The various fauteuils and bergères feature klismos and Etruscan-scrolled legs, while others are adorned with lions, griffin and sphynx.