Reproduction of antique model. Regence Rocaille Chair Parisian Regence chair, circa 1740, in the Rocaille style in vogue early in the reign of Louis XV.
The characteristics of this style are present here - no deep mouldings, carvings of medium depth, rocaille elements (in the centre of the stretchers, on the legs and on the edges of the rails and the back). This chair has a stretcher, as does the matching armchair (RTF1) which is quite frequently found on this type of model, which is simple and elegant. It is fully-caned, as was dictated by the fashion of the time.
Chairs like this are rather rare (very few bear a stamp, as they are earlier than 1743). Regence Style Period before King Louis XV attained his majority, when France was governed by a Regent, the Duke of Orleans, from 1715 to 1723. The style itself, however, prevails between 1700 and 1730.
