Empire period sofa, attributed to Demay.

Elegant, finely carved mahogany sofa from the Empire-Consulate period, attributed to Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay (1759-1848).
This beautiful piece of cabinetwork rests on a series of four tapered front legs, carved with dentils and ending in lion's claws in the round. The four posterior legs are saber-shaped. Each waist connection is adorned with a radiating rosette.

Each of the armrests features a lion's head, magnificently sculpted with great attention to detail: mane, protruding muzzle, expressive gaze. These are extended by a highly curved console with gadroons and long lotus leaves. These arm brackets are attached to a small sheath in the extension of the base.
These decorative elements are directly borrowed from the antique repertoire, highly prized under the Empire.

For similar works, all stamped or attributed to Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay:

-Le mobilier de salon illustré in L'Estampille/L'objet d'art, n°136, August 1981
- Drouot, Me de Ricqlès, March 23, 1994, lot 129.
- Léon de Groër "Les Arts Décoratifs de 1790-1850" illustrates an identical armchair.

Very good condition, with a nice stamped varnish.
Upholstered in a silk and cotton fabric by the Lelièvre firm, the lozenges of which are composed of an arrow and a palm leaf, each trimmed with a motif representing lyres, cherubs, swans or peacocks.


Empire-Consulate period, 1800-1810.

Dimensions :
Height 92 cm
Width 155 cm
Depth 71 cm

DEMAY Jean-Baptiste-Bernard :
Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay (1759 - March 14, 1848) - Cabinetmaker. Mastered Paris on February 4, 1784. Practiced for some thirty years on rue de Cléry. His mark appears on the lovely flying chairs, decorated with Marie-Antoinette's cipher, found at the Petit-Trianon.
Right from the start of his career, he was commissioned to design the Queen's furniture. Many of his works are known to bear the same stamp, including a graceful armchair held by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and two Montgolfière chairs on display at the Musée Carnavalet.

Contrary to popular belief, Jean Baptiste Bernard Demay was the forerunner of these lion-muffled models, not Jacob.
He was the son-in-law of Jean-Baptiste Claude SÉNÉ.

BIBLIOGRAPHY :
-Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIème Siècle - Pierre Kjellberg - Les Editions de l'Amateur - 2002
-Les ébénistes du XVIIIe siècle - Comte François de Salverte - Les éditions d'Art et d'Histoire - 1934.
- Salon furniture illustrated in L'Estampille/L'objet d'art, n°136, August 1981.
-Francis J.B. Watson, Le Meuble Louis XVI, ed. Les Beaux Arts, Paris, 1963

MUSEUMS :
- Musée des Arts décoratifs - Paris
- Musée Carnavalet - Paris
- Palace of Versailles
- Metropolitan Museum

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