A RARE PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ENGRAVED, GILT AND POLYCHROME DECORATED SILVER FOIL VIEWS OF THE CHATEAU DE CHOISY-LE-ROY BY CLAUDE-LOUIS CHEVALLIER, PUPIL OF THOMAS COMPIGNE both inscribed 'L.C. CHEVALIER Chateau de Choisi le Roy', one also inscribed 'VUE. DE. CHOISI. LE. ROY. DU COTE. DES. TERRES. EXECUTE. SUR LE TOUR'  above the main view, mounted in gilt rectangular frames, the reverse of the frames with a paper label inscribed 'SCULPTURE-DORURE ATELIERS  5 & 11, Rue Treilhard ADOLPHE STOLL 11 Rue Treilhard fait tout ce que concerne l'encadrement', the panels 25cm wide x 20cm high, the frames 32cm wide x 27cm high (2) THIS LOT WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT OUR SOUTH KENSINGTON GALLERY UNTIL 14TH MARCH AND AT OUR CHISWICK SALEROOM FROM 16TH - 21ST MARCH. Claude-Louis Chevallier was given the important title of Maître Tabletier chevalier in 1776. He was a student of the perhaps more famous master, Thomas Compigne, Tabletier Privilegie of Louis XV. A pair of panels of almost identical design depicting the Chateau de Choisi but inscribed 'Par Compigne Tabletier Celebre en 1772' to the reverse recently came to auction at Christie's, London, 15 November 2017, lot 246, (£35,000), and it is therefore assumed that Chevallier worked in the same workshop and used Compigne's moulds.  Thomas Compigne's shop was at Rue Grenetta, Paris, in the cabinetmakers' quarters; which was useful for sourcing the finest materials for his works, which included ivory, tortoiseshell, exotic woods, paintings, gold and silver. He produced decorative works of art and exquisite objects such as snuff boxes, canes and games boxes, but became famous for his relief panels painted in coloured varnishes on a background of gold or as in the present lot, silver. His unique style drew clients from far and wide who marvelled as the beautiful objects and speculated as to how he had produced them. In 1773 he presented the King with views of his hunting lodge Saint-Hubert, and we can therefore speculate that the pair of panels that Compigne produced depicting the Chateau de Choisy, another royal residence favoured by the King, may also have been made as a royal commission.  Related Literature: Exhibition Catalogue 'Compignee, Painter and Roy's Tabletier', Fragonard Museum, Grasse, June-July 1991 A. Semail, 'These delicate masterpieces of tableting in the 18th century, The Compignés', Pleasures of France, March 1975, p. 25 to 31.