Louis xv cabriolet armchair

Very rare with its truly exceptional dimensions, the work of a good Parisian master, in the spirit and quality of such Etienne Dieudonné II or even a Louis Delanois, this seat absolutely curvaceous is a perfect expression of the style of Louis XV period during which the seats "cabriolet" and "foncés de canne", easy to move because they are lighter, were very popular. Its large and elegant forms associated with a discrete flowers sculpture related to the Parisian taste of the mid eighteenth century, while its low seat gives him a certain kinship with the said seats "fireside".

It notes a sculpture and a firm and well clear moldings, good concordances sinuous movements, a nice "coup de fouet" soft and elegant high arches, belts Sections neither too thin nor too thick. The art of the carpenter has focused on research of motion and harmonious lines fretwork.
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