Style louis xvi

Explanation of Louis XVI style Chairs

18TH CENTURY

Finally we come to Louis XVI, the third and last in our series of 18th century French kings named Louis. The most popular of the Louis styles today, its clean lines add a historical patina to contemporary interiors. To me, this is the most interesting moment in French interiors, with the taste for furniture indicating a shift in values as well as aesthetics on the cusp of Revolution.

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Louis XVI (1754-1793; reigned 1774-1791) was a slow, well-meaning, but stubborn man. Like his grandfather Louis XV, he showed genuine concern for his subjects. He lacked a strong will and was the pawn of special interests. He paid for his weakness at the guillotine. He would have been an excellent constitutional monarch, had he been able to bring the Bourbons through the first two years of the Revolution.

A magnificent pair of 19th-20th century Louis XVI style giltwood open armchairs of exceptional quality and scale. Each of the armchairs with elongated oval backs, carved frame banderole and knot moulding are beautifully designed with a top central bow knot that continues as the framework held up by large carved acanthus leaves. The armchairs, with padded armrests, display superbly carved floral front inserts below large acanthus leaves. Raised on four circular reeded legs. The curved frieze…

A pair of Louis XVI style carved giltwood armchairs, circa 1870with arched rectangular padded back on spirally-fluted legs, with an embr

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