Reproduction of antique model. Louis XVI Delaisement Cabriolet. Original: 18th Century furniture collection from an old house in Normandy (France).
This faithful copy of a delightful en cabriolet armchair from the Parisian master Nicolas-Denis Delaisement (master in 1776) has the finest decoration with very elegant proportions. The carving consists of fine tracery above the acanthus ornamenting the pronounced hollowed moulding of the arm-rest support, then bead mouldings, fusaroles and perlettes, which adorn the balloon-backed chair. The front legs are fluted and cabled.
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.
