Pair of Empire Fauteuils

The Empire style, which emerged during the early 19th century under Napoleon’s rule, sought to convey power, order, and grandeur through its designs. This chandelier, crafted during that period, captures the essence of Empire aesthetics while showcasing the exceptional skill of 19th-century artisans. Its combination of bronze and tole highlights the era’s emphasis on luxury and refinement. This 19th Century Bronze and Tole Empire Chandelier...

Generous proportions make this chair a favorite for all. Curved arms cascade down to the turned legs and stretchers. Needs new upholstery.

Rare early reclining chair in walnut with leather. Notched bracket allows back to recline in three positions.

Willy Guhl was a prolific Mid-Century designer from Switzerland. He perfected a lightweight concrete product to create unique planters.

A pair of Empire Period French carved mahogany fauteuils from the early 19th century. Each with a rectangular padded back with downcurved reeded arms, the bow front upholstered seat...

A refined pair of Empire design Fauteuils, each constructed in richly-figured mahogany. The pair French in origin, and dating from the fourth quarter of the 1800s. Each chair with upholstered seat and back surrounded by exposed frames. The seats flanked by carved down-swept arms, and resting atop four splayed tapering legs. Reference: "The Antiques Directory...

Pair of French Empire Mahogany fauteuils, 19th century, circa 1810. 3 pairs available.

Despite his long life, very little is known about the general production of menuisier (chairmaker) Jean-Joseph Chapuis and even less about his use of bent laminates, which must be viewed as the most advanced of its kind until the appearance of Michael Thonet’s work of the 1830s. The profound reverence for the classical world in enlightened circles in early nine-teenth-century Europe and the United States often resulted in the archaeological resurrection of the art, architecture, and design of ancient Greece and Rome. No chair employing the innovative technique of bending wood more boldly expresses this allegiance to the past than this armchair painted in le style antique and based on the ancient Roman sella curulis (folding stool); With a curved toprail decorated with putti supporting a medaillion and flanked by scrolling acanthus, the arms with ball finials, above a caned seat, on curved supports terminating in foliate gilt-metal sabots. This merger of technological innovation with fashionable aesthetics parallels the work of the American Samuel Gragg...