Reproduction of antique model Louis XVI Colonne Chair Chair with small pillars, circa 1790. Original: private collection, Norman manor-house (France).
A lighter version of the chairs with detached columns, in other words with a tableau back ornamented between the uprights with columns, this model is also known as "cathedral" due to the design of the back. The moulding and the fluted, covered legs come from the repertoire of the late Louis XVI style; the ends of the stiles, the low rosettes on the knees and the flat fretels decorating the tops of the columns should also be noted. This model is the exact copy of a pair of chairs belonging to in a Norman manor-house.
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.
