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Armchair, Rococo style; floral decoration; cabriole legs; silk fabrics; 18th-century patterned floral fabrics. Upholstered seat, backrest, armrests; carved, white-lacquered and gilded. Cabriole legs arched into the frame, cut out in a wave-like manner at the bottom; trapezoidal seat with a slightly bulging front frame. Disc-shaped backrest, nearly square, topped with an arch, with slightly concave side rails, straight in line with the sitter's back and slightly tilted with a clearance. Armrests with a volute at the front end on recessed, slightly S-shaped supports. Edges of all frame elements highlighted with a gilded half-cylinder. Central part of the front frame and upper front legs with carved floral decorations; ends of armrests and feet with gilded acanthus leaves. Reupholstered with cream-colored silk fabric satin-weave ground, accented with colored silk and brocaded twill weave with silver thread; decorated with wreaths and alternating vertical garlands, with small floral sprigs in the background. 3rd quarter of the 18th century, France. Seating piece furniture. Height 89 cm; width 63 cm; depth 67 cm., A close-up view of an upholstered chair seat and arms showing patterned fabric in a pale yellow background with floral motifs in muted blue, green, pink, and brown tones, a group of decorative leaves and blossoms arranged in vertical garlands across the seat, two padded armrests covered in the same fabric, and two ornamental arm supports shaped like stylized hands finished in shiny gold with white accents, all set against a neutral light gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A15_101

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Keywords

Armchair Rococo style floral decoration cabriole legs silk fabrics 18th-century patterned floral fabrics Upholstered seat backrest armrests carved white-lacquered gilded Cabriole legs arched frame cut wave- manner bottom trapezoidal seat slightly bulging front frame Disc-shaped backrest nearly square topped arch slightly concave side rails straight line sitter's back slightly tilted clearance Armrests volute front recessed slightly S-shaped supports Edges frame elements highlighted gilded half-cylinder Central part upper front legs carved floral decorations ends feet gilded acanthus leaves Reupholstered cream-colored silk fabric satin-weave ground accented colored silk brocaded twill weave silver thread decorated wreaths alternating vertical garlands small floral sprigs background 3rd quarter 18th century France Seating piece furniture Height 89 cm width 63 cm depth 67 cm close-up view upholstered chair seat arms showing patterned fabric pale yellow background floral motifs muted blue green pink brown tones group decorative leaves blossoms arranged vertical garlands across seat two padded armrests covered fabric two ornamental arm supports shaped stylized hands finished shiny gold white accents set neutral light gray background.