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Very Pretty Pair of French Upholstered Chairs
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Very Pretty Pair of French Upholstered Chairs

1900 - 1920
For Sale by Bedsteads
Description

Very pretty pair of early upholstered French chairs with lovely carvings and naturally aged French grey paintwork. Paintwork has been cleaned and waxed to preserve. Recently upholstered in classic French stripped fabric with cost nail detail edge

Height 88.5cm

Seat height 46.5cm

Width 43cm

Depth 42cm

We can arrange national and international delivery with reliable couriers. Please send postcode/address for quotation.

Date of Manufacture

Bedsteads has dated these French Lyre Back Chairs to the 1900s.

Independent Date Guide ID 07342574
Dealer's Item Date1900s
Sellingantiques Date1900s
Sellingantiques agingItem 105-150 years old
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Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 1900s:
Fluted tapering legs and carved corner dies: neat late nineteenth-century neoclassical revival carving.
Lyre-back splats with finials: popular French seating design from around 1900.
Grey painted surface rubbed through on high points: normal handling wear over decades.
Slight shrinkage lines at the frame joints: natural movement in the timber over time.

This Independent Date Guide was compiled by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. It works only from the photographs shown on this page and is never told the date the dealer has declared. It is a guide, not a guarantee of age, and occasional errors can occur.

Physical Dimensions
Height
88.5cm (34.84")
Width
43cm (16.93")
Depth
42cm (16.54")
Reference Numbers
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SA906082
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Description
Very pretty pair of early upholstered French chairs with lovely carvings and naturally aged French grey paintwork. Paintwork has been cleaned and waxed to preserve. Recently upholstered in classic French stripped fabric with cost nail detail edge

Height 88.5cm

Seat height 46.5cm

Width 43cm

Depth 42cm

We can arrange national and international delivery with reliable couriers. Please send postcode/address for quotation.

Date of Manufacture

Bedsteads has dated these French Lyre Back Chairs to the 1900s.

Independent Date Report ID 07342574
Dealer's Item Date1900s
Sellingantiques dating1900s
Sellingantiques agingItem 105-150 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 1900s:
Fluted tapering legs and carved corner dies: neat late nineteenth-century neoclassical revival carving.
Lyre-back splats with finials: popular French seating design from around 1900.
Grey painted surface rubbed through on high points: normal handling wear over decades.
Slight shrinkage lines at the frame joints: natural movement in the timber over time.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Height
88.5cm (34.84")
Width
43cm (16.93")
Depth
42cm (16.54")
Reference Numbers
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SA906082
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A pair of light grey painted French side chairs featuring lyre-shaped backrests, fluted tapered legs, and cream striped satin upholstery.
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Archive I A pair of light grey painted French side chairs featuring lyre-shaped backrests, fluted tapered legs, and cream striped satin upholstery.

Very Pretty Pair of French Upholstered Chairs

Archive II A pair of light grey painted French side chairs featuring lyre-shaped backrests, fluted tapered legs, and cream striped satin upholstery. View II
Archive III A pair of light grey painted French side chairs featuring lyre-shaped backrests, fluted tapered legs, and cream striped satin upholstery. View III
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Chelvey Court Barn
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Backwell
Bristol
BS48 4AA
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A pair of light grey painted French side chairs featuring lyre-shaped backrests, fluted tapered legs, and cream striped satin upholstery.
Very pretty pair of French upholstered chairs
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A pair of light grey painted French side chairs featuring lyre-shaped backrests, fluted tapered legs, and cream striped satin upholstery.
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Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing
  • ObjectSide Chairs
  • Period1900 - 1920
  • StyleLouis XVI
  • MaterialPainted Wood, Satin Upholstery, Brass
  • ColourGrey and Cream
  • MotifsLyre back, fluted legs, carved rosettes, beaded moulding
  • SizeH 88.5 cm (35 in) x W 43 cm (17 in) x D 42 cm (17 in)

This pair of side chairs dates from the 1900 period in the Louis XVI style, made from painted wood, satin upholstery, and brass. The frame wears an aged French grey painted finish with carved rosettes, fluted tapered legs, beaded moulding, and distinctive lyre-shaped backrests. The seats possess cream and off-white striped satin upholstery finished with brass nail trim along the lower edge. Each chair measures 88.5 cm high, 43 cm wide, and 42 cm deep. They suit placement in a sitting room, bedroom, or dining space as occasional seating. The cleaned and waxed paintwork shows natural signs of age across the wooden frames. The open backrests incorporate vertical wooden spindles representing strings within the lyre frame, topped with small finials. The turned front legs terminate in simple round feet beneath the carved corner blocks. The compact proportions allow them to sit easily around a small table or function individually as decorative accent pieces in an interior.

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Louis XVI style seating is characterised by Neoclassical influences, featuring geometric symmetry, straight fluted tapered legs, and carved motifs inspired by classical Greco-Roman architecture, such as lyres, rosettes, and bead moulding.

Traditionally, French painted seating was constructed from solid hardwoods such as beechwood or oak, assembled using mortise and tenon joints, painted with soft chalk-based pigments, and upholstered with natural hair padding and webbing.

Authentic period French chairs typically feature hand-carved frame details, pegged joinery, evidence of layered paint finish or original gilding, and natural structural wear around the foot bases and rail joints.

A pair of painted lyre-back chairs can serve as occasional seating in a bedroom alcove, flank a console table in an entryway, or be combined with a contemporary dining table for an eclectic interior aesthetic.

Dust painted wooden frames regularly with a dry microfibre cloth, avoid chemical cleaners that alter patinated paint finishes, and keep delicate upholstered fabric away from direct sunlight to prevent fading.
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