Armchair Gilded Wood Empire Period Restoration Château De Versailles Apparat Bureau XIXeme

Gilded beechwood armchair. Double baluster front legs finely carved with lanceolate leaves and saber-shaped back legs. Foliate thimble and richly decorated belt with post or Greek wave friezes. Armrests in antique-style fluted and ringed columns, resting on diamond-pointed tables with scrapers. Straight armrests joined to the back by an acanthus scroll. Back frame carved with interlacing friezes.

While the chair's silhouette is typically Empire-style (double baluster, columnar arm brackets, square back), the chair nevertheless dates from the Restoration period, as it borrows several decorative elements from the Louis XVI style: posts and interlacing.

Fully pegged assembly and inventory markings under the armchair

History:

Pavillon de Massipe - Château de Versailles, inventory 1840 and 1855

V 5026: "Four painted wood armchairs, double baluster legs, covered in green waffle Utrecht velvet, gilt nails on faux gold braid"

V 5735: "Two painted wood armchairs, double baluster legs, column armrests, square back, upholstered in horsehair, covered in waffled green Utrecht velvet, gilded nails on faux gold braid"

Source consulted:

Archives Nationales, cote AJ/19/395 and AJ/19/1171