Switzerland - Furniture

Born in France at the turn of the century during the Belle Époque era, this pretty commode features a rectangular top with beveled edges and serpentine front, sitting above two dovet...

Lovely petite early 20th century vanity make up table that needs some light restoration. The furniture of the Louis XV period (1715-1774) is characterized by curved forms, lightness, comfort and asymmetry; it replaced the more formal, boxlike and massive furniture of the Style Louis XIV. It employed marquetry, using inlays of exotic woods of different colors, as well as ivory and mother of pearl. The style had three distinct periods. During the early years (1715-1730), called the Regency, when the King was too young to rule, furniture followed the massive, geometric Style Louis XIV style. From 1730 until about 1750, the period known as the first style, it was much more asymmetrical, ornate and exuberant, in the fashion called rocaille. From about 1750 to the King's death in 1774, a reaction set in against the excesses of the rocaille. The Second Style of Louis XV showed the influences of neo-classicism, based on recent archeological discoveries in Italy and Greece. it featured Roman and Greek motifs. The later furniture false eatured decorative elements of Chinoiserie and other exotic styles. Louis XV furniture was designed not for the vast palace state rooms of the Versailles of Louis XIV, but for the smaller, more intimate salons created by Louis XV and by his mistresses, Madame...

One tapestry pink flower French chair, Louis XV carved wood, France.

A fauteuil is a style of open-armchair with a primarily exposed wooden frame originating in France during the early 17th century. A fauteuil is made of wood, and frequently with...

A single 19th century French Louis XV Regence Fauteuil a la Reine/armchair. Made of a walnut frame, decorative nails head and escargots feet. A comfortable tall back armchair.