Early 20th C French Louis XVI Style Polychrome and Carved Fauteuils
Early 20th C French Louis XVI Style Polychrome and Carved Fauteuils
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Early 20th C French Louis XVI Style Paint Decorated & Upholstered Armchairs/Fauteuils
The open-arm chairs are polychrome paint-decorated, having ribbon and floral crests, oval medallion back and seat with floral upholstery, with nail head trim, issuing padded arms in matching upholstery, rising on fluted and tapered legs.
Original damask upholstery in pale floral pattern - some seam separation to back.
Craquelure (alligator crackling) is authentic and desirable for collectors. Carved wood, likely beech or walnut, painted and gilt.
Shipping is included within the Continental US
Early 20th C French Louis XVI Style Paint Decorated & Upholstered Armchairs/Fauteuils
The open-arm chairs are polychrome paint-decorated, having ribbon and floral crests, oval medallion back and seat with floral upholstery, with nail head trim, issuing padded arms in matching upholstery, rising on fluted and tapered legs.
Original damask upholstery in pale floral pattern - some seam separation to back.
Craquelure (alligator crackling) is authentic and desirable for collectors. Carved wood, likely beech or walnut, painted and gilt.
Shipping is included within the Continental US
38 1/8"h, 23.75"w, 21.75"d, seat height: 16.75"h
38 1/8"h, 23.75"w, 21.75"d, seat height: 16.75"h
These armchairs, known as fauteuils, are modeled in the style popular during the reign of Louis XVI (1774–1792), which marked a return to Neoclassical order and symmetry after the excesses of Rococo.
By the early 20th century—especially during the Belle Époque and into the Art Deco era—there was a strong revival of 18th-century French styles, both for domestic furnishings and luxury interiors. These reproductions were often hand-painted and finely carved, catering to wealthy clients who appreciated historic elegance.
Collectors often prize this natural crackling (alligator crackling) as a hallmark of untouched or sympathetically aged surfaces, especially when gilding remains intact.
These armchairs, known as fauteuils, are modeled in the style popular during the reign of Louis XVI (1774–1792), which marked a return to Neoclassical order and symmetry after the excesses of Rococo.
By the early 20th century—especially during the Belle Époque and into the Art Deco era—there was a strong revival of 18th-century French styles, both for domestic furnishings and luxury interiors. These reproductions were often hand-painted and finely carved, catering to wealthy clients who appreciated historic elegance.
Collectors often prize this natural crackling (alligator crackling) as a hallmark of untouched or sympathetically aged surfaces, especially when gilding remains intact.
Early 20th Century
Early 20th Century
Wood, polychrome paint, linen fabric
Wood, polychrome paint, linen fabric
France
France
Light staining in some areas of fabric, some scuffing to the wood on the backs, loose fabric on the back of one chair
Light staining in some areas of fabric, some scuffing to the wood on the backs, loose fabric on the back of one chair