Reproduction of antique model. Louis XVI Gustavian Chair Gustavian chair, circa 1780. Original: private collection, chateau in the Namur area (Belgium).
This chair was produced in Sweden around 1780. The special charm of this very simple, but not simplistic, model counterbalances the sturdiness of the whole, accentuated by the H-shaped stretcher.
Louis XVI Style French style period reverting to classicism, inspired by the straight lines of ancient Greece and Rome, from 1777 to 1790, corresponding roughly to the reign of Louis XVI (1774 – 1793). The period, and the intermediate styles coming in between Louis XV and Louis XVI are known as “transitional” in the trade and “neoclassical” by researchers.
