Stamped "nogaret A Lyon", Magnificent Armchair Said To The Queen - Louis XV Period

Large armchair with flat back called "à la Reine" in carved, molded and gilded walnut.
The sculpture decorated with large ribbons and moldings of linked rushes.
The armrests are whipped,
The feet arched.
It is covered with a beautiful satin tapestry in perfect condition, without any stain.
Frame in very good condition - No buttress
Stamped on the rear cross member inside the belt,
Louis XV period
H. 102 cm, L. 82 cm, D. 64 cm
Pierre Nogaret (1718 - 23 August 1771)
Carpenter in seats. Master in 1745 in Lyon.
The most famous Lyon carpenter. These works, almost all in carved and varnished walnut, decorated with flowers and rockeries or with ribbons and moldings of bound rushes, bear the stamp "NOGARET A LYON" with the leg of the 'Y' which folds to the left.
The lines of his creations, thus emphasizing the movement of the silhouette, give them an alert rhythm unlike any other.
Pierre Nogaret was born in Paris in 1718 and will remain the undisputed master of the Lyon siege under the reign of Louis XV.
Unlike his colleagues Riesener or Jacob, we have no portrait of this illustrious cabinetmaker, who will therefore be the “faceless” craftsman, remaining a true myth identified only with his production.
However, it is believed that after an apprenticeship in Paris, probably with a grand master, he left the capital in 1743 to settle in Lyon where he continued his training with the Lyonnais master François Girard.
He obtained his master's degrees in Lyon in 1745.
From 1745 to 1761. He does not seem to have invested much in the life of his corporation, of which he was elected master guard with Mathieu Lerbet on February 9, 1771.
He died on February 9, 1771. August 23 of the same year and will be buried in the “cellar of Saint-Roch”.

Its stamp:
L'estampille de Nogaret is presented as a line of small capitals (47mm x 2.2mm) and the shape of the Y of Lyon presents a very characteristic arrangement, such that the leg folds down on the left to the horizontal.
The false stamps were modeled on reference works such as that of the Comte de Salverte, that of Pierre Verlet (1955) or that of Jean Nicolay (1959), which to varying degrees present an obvious error on the “Y”.
The location of the Nogaret stamp appears to have been rigorously coded.
-On seats with caned flat backs, the stamp is on the rear cross member of the chassis,
-on padded flat back seats, it is on the rear cross member of the belt,
-on convertibles, on the back upright at the level of the assembly,
-on the gilded wooden frame seats, on a cross member inside the frame of the belt.

MUSEUMS
Louis XV chaise longue - Jacquemart-André - Chaalis Louis XV children's armchair - Museum of Art and History - Geneva Three Louis XV convertible armchairs - Nissim de Camondo museum - Paris Four Louis XV chairs at the queen - Museum of Louvre Pair of chairs in carved wood, covered in modern velvet, Louis XV period - N ° MAD 1179, Pair of cabriolet armchairs in carved walnut. They have a slightly curved, violin-shaped backrest. They have widely spread armrests and rest on arched feet ending in crowbar. - N ° MAD 1580, 4 convertible 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, Pair of cabriolet armchairs - N ° MAD 3140, Cabriolet armchair - N ° MAD 474 - Decorative Arts - Lyon Louis XV chair - Decorative Arts - Paris
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nogaret and the Lyon seat - Bernard Deloche, Jean -Yves Mornand - Jacques André editor - 2009 French Furniture of the XVIIIth Century - Pierre Kjellberg - Les Editions de l'Amateur - 2008 Cabinetmakers of the XVIIIth Century - Comte François de Salverte - Editions of Art and History - 1934 L 'Art of the siege in the 18th century in France - Bill GB Pallot - ACR-Gismondi Editeurs - 1996 Site on Nogaret on the occasion of the tercentenary of his birth