A Louis XV Carved, Parcel Gilt, and Paint Table - signed Lebas
A Louis XV Carved, Parcel Gilt, and Paint Decorated Table de Milieu, or side or center table, Jean-Baptiste Lebas (1729-c.1800), Mid 18th Century. Surmounted by a shaped marble top. Stamped once 'I. LEBAS'. Jean-Baptiste Lebas, received maitre in 1756. Jean-Baptiste Lebas (1729-1795), received his maitre designation on July 29, 1729. After working on rue de Cléry, in Saint-Esprit, he retired to rue Beauregard. Madame du Barry had him help with the installation of the Louveciennes pavilion. Born in 1729, and died in 1795, Jean-Baptiste Lebas was the son of a craftsman, he was a juror of his community from 1769 to 1771. Married very young to a daughter of the carpenter François Bouillette, Lebas had two sons, Barthelemy and Jean-Jacques, who were his students and collaborators. The eldest gained the master's degree on August 13, 1771, the other on November 7, 1772. Around 1781, they joined forces with a view to continuing their father's business and took LEBAS as their common brand, w