Louis XVI Poirier Cabriolet Armchair

Antique French Louis XVI Poirier Cabriolet Armchair

Armchair by Philippe Poirier,

circa 1777.

Dimensions : 88 h x 58 w x 52 d cm.

Original : private 18th Century town house in Normandy (France).

This rare Louis XVI chair from the master of the Rue de Clery (under the sign "au Poirier") is a very well-balanced example of the early Louis XVI style. The arm rests are still of Louis XV design, and the intentionally sometimes lightweight carving by one of the greatest enthusiasts of Greek-style formalism. Traceries, piastres, rosettes, acanthus leaves, water lilies, raies de cœur form carvings which are very happily arranged (even on the reverse of the back rail).
Also note the foliage leg ends, the attachment of the arm rest to the back, the carving at the top of the back and on the ends of the arm rests of antique french furniture. The seats by these masters are in the Louvre.

Reproduction Furniture Regence Parisian chair

Reproduction Furniture Antique Regence Gautier Chair

circa 1725-1730.

Regence Parisian chair with the GAUTIER stamp

Dimensions : 95 h x 52 w x 45 d cm.

The charm and elegance of this reproduction furniture chair lie in the fine Rocaille carving, the perfect curves of the front legs and the rare horseshoe-shaped design of the seat. The back legs are formed on a single plane, with scrolled feet, strongly inspired by Louis XIV style, also reproduced on the rare works by Jean Gourdin . A fine Rocaille chair of this type belonged to the Baronness de Caix, at the Chateau du Hameau-Fleuri - France.

The Gautier stamp may belong to François Gautier, a pre-1730 master of Rue de Clery, or to Jacques-Alexis, assumed to be his son, who lived at "La Croix d’Or" in the same street. A rare stamp, as there was very little marking before 1743.