Object Description
A Pair of Louis XVI Style Giltwood and Tapestry Fauteuils.
The tapestry 18th century and attributed to the Beauvais Manufactory. The frames are finely carved with guilloche banding. The rounded back is upholstered in pale yellow coloured tapestry with cream cartouches of floral bouquets surrounded by foliate trails. The tapering legs are carved with stop fluting.
These chairs are conceived in the Transitional style between Louis XV and Louis XVI. The backrests are curved at the sides and thereby reminiscent of the Louis XV style, but only slightly rounded at the top, whereas the guilloche carved frame introduces the repertoire of neoclassicism which would come to define the Louis XVI style.
France, Circa 1870.