Late C19th French Giltwood Salon Chair of Broad Proportions in the Louis Xvi Period Style.

Late C19th French giltwood salon chair of broad proportions in the Louis XVI period style.

Smart carved-frame gilded salon armchair of good large scale and broad proportions in the late C18th style. Raised on carved and fluted tapering supports , the shaped back , top-rail and frame with finely-detailed carved decoration . The carved open-arms with padded armrests , the frame with carved rosette blocks . The broad seat with a bowed and shaped outline front rail .

In good original strong condition with atmospheric period-style rubbing to areas of the gilding revealing the gesso ground beneath in the C18th period manner . Minor chips and losses to the gilding commensurate with age, use and purpose.

Upholstered in it's apparently original dusty-pink velvet /corded type fabric in good serviceable condition.

An impressively-scaled gilded armchair to add opulence and glamour to an interior scheme , in either a drawing-room or bedroom/boudoir setting.

H (back) 35"

H (seat) 17"

W 29"

D 20"

France c. 1890

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