Caption

Design for a Louis XV-style armchair, drawing, album page, Design for an armchair (bergère) decorated with wood carving without seat and back upholstery. Louis XV style. The reverse page numbered: 69, the opposite page with information (missing here) about the depicted furniture numbered: 69 bis. Part of an album with 80 pages of drawings and a print of veneered and lacquered furniture, as well as seating., Paris (possibly), c. 1825 - c. 1839, draftsman (artist), paint (coating), materials by function, paper, ink, watercolor (paint), pencil, pen, brush, pen in gray with brush in colors, written numbers in pencil, height 240 mm, width 310 mm, chair (wood and other phytogenic material), A partial wooden chair frame is shown on a pale background, with an ornate carved crest at the top and a curved open back supported by slender vertical and side rails, scrolled armrests with carved detailing, a shaped apron with a shell motif at the front, cabriole legs ending in small brass casters, and visible wooden tones and shaded highlights indicating contours.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B47_412

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Rights managed

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49.4Mb (6.2Mb) / 11.5in x 16.7in / 3441 x 5020 (300dpi)

Keywords

Design Louis XV-style armchair drawing album page armchair bergère decorated wood carving seat back upholstery Louis XV style reverse page numbered 69 opposite page information missing depicted furniture numbered 69 bis Part album 80 pages drawings print veneered lacquered furniture well seating Paris c 1825 - c 1839 draftsman artist paint coating materials function paper ink watercolor pencil pen brush gray colors written numbers height 240 mm width 310 mm chair wood phytogenic material partial wooden chair frame shown pale background ornate carved crest top curved open back supported slender vertical side rails scrolled armrests carved detailing shaped apron shell motif front cabriole legs ending small brass casters visible wooden tones shaded highlights indicating contours