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"Carved and gilt wood ceremonial armchair. Flat backrest with motifs of four-leaf rosettes and palmettes, rail ornated with ribbon-tied reeds. Armrests atop fasces supports ornated with waterleaves terminating with ball feet. Slightly arched trapezoid-shaped apron with four-leaf rosettes decoration. Back sabre legs. \r\n\r\nAttributed to Pierre-Antoine Bellang\u00E9 (1757-1827)\r\n\r\nEmpire Period, circa 1810-1815\r\n\r\nHeight: 99 cm (39 in.) - Width : 54 cm (21-1/4 in.) - Depth: 52 cm (20-1/2 in.)\r\n\r\nMinor gilt wear. Few chips and losses\r\n\r\nWe would like to cordially thank Mr. Sylvain Cordier, curator of early decorative arts at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts for allowing us to attribute this arm chair to Pierre-Antoine Bellang\u00E9, and Mr. Jean-Pierre Planchon who dismissed the attribution to Pierre Marcion.\r\n\r\n- For a mahogany salon set stamped by Pierre-Antoine Bellang\u00E9 which belonged to Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Prince of Neuch\u00E2tel, consult Fontainebleau, Osenat, June 9, 2013, lot 181.\r\n- For another re-gilt wood salon set consult, H\u00F4tel Drouot, Piasa, June 24, 2011, lot 262. \r\n\r\nBibliography : \r\nCordier, S., Bellang\u00E9 \u00E9b\u00E9nistes. Une histoire du go\u00FBt au XIX\u00B0 si\u00E8cle (Bellenge Furniture Makers, A History of Fine Tastes), Paris, Mare &amp; Martin, 2012.\r\nLedoux-Lebard, D., Les \u00E9b\u00E9nistes parisiens (1795-1830), leurs \u0153uvres, leurs marques (Parisian Furniture Makers their works, their marks), Paris, Librairie Gr\u00FCnd, pp. 34-36. \r\nLedoux-Lebard, D., Le mobilier fran\u00E7ais au XIXe si\u00E8cle (19th Century French Furniture), Paris, Editions de l\u2019amateur, 1984, pp. 50-64 (a sofa with the same backrest rail illustrated). \r\nLedoux-Lebard, D., Les 3 Bellang\u00E9, fournisseur de la cour (The 3 Bellange, Court Suppliers), Connaissance des Arts, November 1964, p. 86-93.\r\n\r\nThe Bellang\u00E9 family\r\nThe Bellang\u00E9 family was a dynasty of furniture makers who play a large role in the 19th Century art for more than eighty years. It began with two brothers, Pierre-Antoine and Louis-Fran\u00E7ois.\r\nThe first Pierre-Antoine received his master status as carpenter on October 24, 1788.\r\nHe was one of the craftsmen selected by Napoleon I during the Empire along with Jacob and Marcion. His work is influenced by renowned architects during his time like Percier and Fontaine. He notably furnished Laeken Chateau and the Emperor\u2019s residences in Brussels, Saint-Cloud, Compi\u00E8gne, Meudon and Tuileries. For the latter he designed the exercise room for the king of Rome\u2019s apartment. Along side these imperial commissions, he furnished for the imperial staff such as Marshall Berthier, Prince of Neuch\u00E2tel, for his townhouse on Rue Neuve-des-Capucines, Paris.\r\nDuring the Restoration, he received the status of esteemed cabinet maker for the Crown\u2019s \u201CGarde-meuble\u201D (furniture) then was promoted to general director of furniture. He executed during this era furniture for the Prince of Cond\u00E9 at Chantilly. During the July Monarchy, he received the title of king\u2019s cabinet maker and furnished again grand commissions such as the Princess Ad\u00E9la\u00EFde d\u2019Orl\u00E9ans, Countess of Cayla and Duchess of Berry. This period marks his career\u2019s high point. In 1820, he associated with his son, Louis-Alexandre, then passed on his duties to him in 1825. He deceased two years later.\r\nSome of his works are in the collections of the greatest museums such as Louvre, Versailles Chateau, Compi\u00E8gne Palace, Fontainebleau Palace, Marmottan-Monet Museum, Legion of Honour Museum and Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris.\r\n\r\nArmchair presented by Expertissim\r\nThis armchair can be compared with several listed models.\r\nThe fluted crest rail in which a ribbon-tied reed is placed seems typical of the Pierre-Antoine Bellang\u00E9\u2019s production. It is found on the armchair stamped P-A. Bellang\u00E9 in the collections of  Compi\u00E8gne Palace (illustrated in Connaissance des Arts, November 1964, p. 88). The same decorative motif is found on one of the most prestigious commissions that of the President of the U.S.A., James Monroe, for the White House\u2019s blue room in Washington, D.C. This furniture is displayed in situ and illustrated in Sylvain Cordier\u2019s work.\r\nSylvain Cordier compares this armchair model on Expertissim with the salon of the Grand Chancellor at the Legion of Honour, stamped by Pierre-Antoine Bellang\u00E9, also illustrated in his work. We find the same shapes, back legs, armrests, backrests and rosettes.\r\nHe outlines the history of this set after 1817 belonging to Princess of Poix, wife of Governor of Versailles. The salon furniture composed of eight armchairs, ten chairs, four bergere chairs and one sofa was then purchased by the Prince\u2019s Garde-meuble then sent in 1832 to the apartment of Duke of Nemours. Then moved to the apartment of Prince Jerome during the Second Empire and transported from Compi\u00E8gne in 1984 to Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour, in exchange for the King of Rome\u2019s bathroom."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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