Seating furniture
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France, c. 1780, curved fluted walnut frames, backrest area florally carved in the shape of rose blossoms, matted, high-quality renewed upholstery, cover with Colony fabric pattern. Stamp J. I. ROUSSENS. F, (master from 1784), approx. 96 x 66 x 67 cm, seat height approx. 43 cm, beautiful restored condition.
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France, circa 1770/80, fluted and moulded beechwood frames beechwood frames, green coloured, high quality renewed upholstery
upholstery, exclusive fabric cover, loose seat cushions, seat heightseat cushions, seat height 48 cm, beautiful restored condition. -
€1,800.00Probably Louis XVI period, around 1780, curved hardwood frames, partially carved and fluted, painted gray, worn, shabby chic surface, wallpapered, renewed upholstery, signs of age and wear.
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Louis XVI period, ca. 1780, moulded, partly fluted and carved hardwood
carved hardwood frames, brown matted finish, renewed seat, backrest and armrests,
backrest and armrest upholstery, 90.5 x 55 x 60 cm, seat height
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France c. 1920/25, hardwood frames, partly fluted and foral, carved in the shape of fruit and ornamentally, brown matt finish,
renewed upholstery, high-quality ecru velvet cover, 87 x 73 x 66 cm, restored condition. -
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€4,600.00Louis XV period, mid 18th century, curved beechwood frames, partly moulded and florally carved in the form of flowers and leaves, high-quality renewed seat, backrest and armrest upholstery, (imitation fish scale cover) 93 x 64 x 61 cm, seat height 42 cm, restored condition.
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in Louis XV style, late 19th century, curved, florally and ornamentally carved beechwood frames, back decorated in notched cut technique, brown matt finish, seat, backrest and armrest upholstery renewed in high quality, extravagant cover with koi carp decoration, 97 x 74 x 67 cm, seat height 43 cm, beautiful restored condition.
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France, first third of the 18th century. Curved walnut frame, finely carved in the form of stylized leaves and volutes, outdated basic upholstery, forally decorated wool cover, probably from the 19th century, 100 cm x 71 cm x 72 cm, seat height 47 cm, beautiful, well-kept general condition.
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Beautiful pair of bergeres from France. Era Louis XVI, around 1780. Profiled and partly fluted beech wood frames, stained brown an matted. The upholstery rebuilt with horsehair and covered with high quality fabric. Loose seat cushions, on the lower side of the frame stamped A. Mouzard, (Antoine Mouzard, master from 1755)
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- Pair of wide armchairs, so-called Marquises.
- Marquises, product of the Soubrier company, Rue de Reuilly.
- Paris, early 20th century, beech wood frames of fine quality.
- Ornamentally carved as well as in the form of acanthus leaves and pearl bars, matted, partly fluted, wallpapered on the reverse, loose seat cushions, usable on both sides, company name on the underside.
- 82 x 74 x 60cm
- Seat height 43 cm
- Beautiful restored condition.
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In the Louis XVI style, end of the 19th century, fluted partially carved hardwood frames, stained brown,
matted, high quality renewed wallpaper, fabric covering decorated in the shape of monkeys, pineapples and leaves, 88
x 62 x 60 cm, seat height 42 cm, restored condition.
Seating furniture
Until the end of the XVII century, seating furniture had to be stable above all. In order to be able to bear a corresponding weight, the feet of armchairs, stools and benches were often connected by crossbars. With the exception of peasant furniture, hardwoods such as walnut and oak were mostly used. The feet were usually made of straight boards, more rarely of intricately carved spiral-shaped pieces of wood or hand-turned.
It was not until the XVIII century that people realised that seating furniture had to be comfortable. For wallpapering, one mainly used hay and wool. Then they switched to seaweed and horsehair to obtain a “feather effect”. In the XIX century, iron and steel springs were added.
In France, seating furniture with curved legs was first designed in the Louis XIV era. In the Regence and Louis XV periods they became the standard. In early classicism, under Louis XVI, “curved legs” went out of fashion again and only became “socially acceptable” again after the Empire, under Louis Philippe. In addition to wallpapered seating, there was also some with a woven seat and/or backrest. (siège cané).
While the veneered furniture was made by ebenists, the chair makers (menuisier en siège) were responsible for the seating furniture. They usually worked in beech wood, oak or cherry. The carved seating furniture was then handed over to the tapestry makers. Sometimes the gilders came in between.
The best “Menuisier en sièges” were similarly prominent as the most famous ebenists.
Under Louis XV, for example, there were Foliot, Heurtault, Cresson. Under Louis XVI – Jacob, Sené, or Boulard. Parisian seating furniture from the XVIII century was often signed with an embossed stamp.
Most of the models were adopted by other countries and copies of them are still being industrially produced worldwide today.