Lot 260: A fine Louis XV polychrome painted lit à la turque circa 1760, attributed to N.Q. Foliot

upholstered in eighteenth century floral embroidered silk. Redecorated. Nicolas Quinibert Foliot 1706-1776

measurements height 44 1/2 in.; length 95 in.; width 35 1/2 in. alternate measurements 113 cm; 241 cm; 90 cm

Collection of Bernice Richard, sold, Christie's, New York, May 21, 1996, lot 288Yves Mikaeloff, sold, Christie's, New York, May 21, 1997, lot 380

The naturalistically-carved palms and flowers decorating this bed closely relate to a suite commissioned in 1754 by the Danish Ambassador to France, Count Johan von Benstorff for his palace in Copenhagen. Designed by the architect Pierre Contant d'Ivry and produced by Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot, illustrated Bill G. B. Pallot, L'art du siège au XVIIIé siècle en France, Paris, 1987, pp. 168-169.
Count Bernstorff's commission included console tables by Foliot with similar palm-wrapped frames that are now preserved in the Louvre and reproduced, Bill G. B. Pallot, Furniture Collections in the Louvre, Paris, 1993, vol. II, pp. 74-75, fig. 21.