Reproduction of antique model. Directoire armchair, circa 1795. Original: Brussels antiquarian Belgium. A magnificent armchair with splat with openwork star motif, whose highly varied carved decoration (palmettes, stars, lozenges, rosettes, fluting, water lilies, raies de cœur, etc.) allows for many colour combinations. The stiles are en crosse and the sabre legs, scrolled at the top, provide solidity in an otherwise airy construction.
Directoire Style Carrying on from the Louis XVI style, but also inspired by the Etruscans and Romans; starting around 1787, but flourishing in its own right under the French Revolution, thanks to the painter David. This style ended with the Consulate and Empire styles, inspired by the Romans and then by ancient Egypt.
