Pair of Louis style cabriolet armchairs XVI in molded, carved and gilded wood, the whole decorated with pearl friezes and acanthus leaves. Basket-handle backrest, the top ending with a decoration of fire pots. The slightly recessed armrests are carved with an acanthus leaf, a pearl frieze and connecting dice decorated with rosettes. The four tapered legs with a round section are decorated with rudentée fluting, rings and friezes of stylized leaves; in the lower part, they are finished with spinning tops, in the upper part the connecting dice are decorated with a rosette. Backrest, seat and armrests upholstered with a fabric decorated with foliage, ribbons, laurel wreaths and flower pots in medallions, ivory-colored on a blue background.

French work made circa 1880.

Dimensions: H 94 x W 67 x D 64 cm

Reference: LS46422701A

Upholstery completely reupholstered by our workshops with a fabric from the house Lelièvre Paris, which is a publishing and creation studio with more than 100 years of know-how. 

There’s nothing quite like a  shepherdess is a large armchair with an upholstered back, with full cheeks, headlines et cushion on the seat, which appeared around 1720. The dimensions of the bergère were reduced during the XIXth century.

There are several types of shepherdesses:

• Marie-Antoinette shepherdess: without ears, a very slightly curved backrest.
• Gondola bergère: rounded back without ears.
• Winged shepherdess (or eared shepherdess): the most common, also called “confessional shepherdess”.
• Bergère with lambrequin: backrest in the shape of an overhanging crook.
• Hot air balloon or Pompadour shepherdess: curved armrest and rounded backrest.

To go further, the armchair or shepherdess of great width takes the name of marquise.