18th Century French Rococo Armchair Fauteuil à la Reine around 1760

convertible console rococo around 1750 Richly inlaid rectangular top on delicate walnut base with carved buck hooves. Elaborate frame construction with reversible top with interned ...

Ornamental lady's secretary, France around 1770, rosewood veneered, leather overlay, brass edging and metal appliques, 3 drawers, shellac-wax polish height: 75 cm, width: 94,5 cm, d...

Casket Baroque, around 1760, birch burl and walnut, round lid with folding star inlay and pewter thread inlays, original lock and fittings, shellac hand polish Dimensions: Height: 14 cm Width: 26 cm Depth: 20 cm Most pieces of furniture from the Baroque era date from the period between 1670 and around 1750. Starting with strict but pompous forms, Baroque furniture developed into playful pieces of furniture with numerous curves and magnificent fittings by the middle of the 18th century. Baroque chests of drawers mostly date from the period between 1720 and 1750 and feature multiple curved fronts and veneer marquetry. Baroque tables and chairs feature lavishly curved legs, the lower ends of which end in volutes or animal hooves. Towards the end of the Baroque period and the Rococo period, the curved legs of tables and chairs merge into the frames in a single sweep. Baroque cabinets are usually disproportionately large by today's living standards, as they originally stood in castles. Heights of 2.40 to 2.60 meters are not uncommon for baroque cabinets. In early Baroque furniture...

Secretary à deux corps Baroque around 1760 Walnut and plum veneered on softwood, lower part with concave corrus and three drawers, two-door top with symmetrically arranged compart...

A wide and comfortable Louis XV style fauteuil 'à la reine', hand carved in the 18th century and featuring exquisite green silk upholstery woven with neoclassical motifs of lyres, ch...

A wide and comfortable Louis XV style fauteuil, hand carved in the 18th century and featuring exquisite green silk upholstery woven with neoclassical motifs of lyres, cherubs, peacoc...

An 18th century French rococo armchair the darker aged patina. Hand carved open arm fauteil with hand woven fabric. Please note that this armchair i...

French Provincial Walnut Fauteuil a la Reine, arm chair, 18th century, with an arched back crest, down-swept arms and raised on cabriole legs ending in hoof feet, of pegged construct...