Pair Of French Louis XVI Revival Ebonised Beech Salon Armchairs & Footstools

DESCRIPTION

A good quality pair of French Louis XVI Revival ebonised beech salon armchairs with matching footstools, dating from the late nineteenth century. The shaped and carved frames are inlaid with brass and surmounted by floral wreath crestings above padded backs upholstered in original woven pictorial tapestry depicting pastoral scenes. The chairs retain carved oval paterae to the shoulders, scrolling arms, fluted supports and turned tapering front legs. Each chair is accompanied by its original matching footstool, upholstered in the same woven tapestry. The restrained classical design, combined with the ebonised finish and finely woven pastoral upholstery, is characteristic of French Louis XVI Revival furniture of the period. 

Complete salon suites retaining their original companion footstools are becoming increasingly uncommon. Equally suited to a drawing room, bedroom or dressing room, they provide a striking decorative focal point.

DIMENSIONS

Armchairs

Height: 102cm

Width: 64cm

Depth: 64cm

Seat height: 45cm

Footstools

Height: 19cm

Width: 40cm

Depth: 32cm

CONDITION

The chairs and footstools are in good, solid condition and present well overall. There are light marks, knocks and localised wear to the ebonised finish consistent with age and use. The original woven tapestry upholstery has faded naturally with age and shows light marks and general wear consistent with its age, while remaining attractive and serviceable. The decorative braid trim is present throughout. The chairs have been professionally reupholstered in the past, with later webbing beneath the seats, while retaining their period tapestry coverings. The frames are structurally sound, all joints are firm, and the matching footstools remain in similarly good condition.

Overall, this is an attractive and well-preserved late nineteenth-century French salon suite with honest signs of age and use.