browse this site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Click here to find outFrom Baroque to Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI, and Empire, Eighteenth Century French furniture was painstakingly crafted to exacting standards. Through reproduction of antique classical furniture, by our 'old world' craftsmen, Savoia Chair Frames proud to carry on this tradition of excellence.UPHOLSTERED DINING CHAIR IN PEWTER WITH BUTTON BACK AND RING FRENCH STYLE CHAIRIn the market for a set of Vladimir Kagan dining chairs or a 19th-century landscape painting? Your first thought might be to head to a blue-chip auction house or to contact an antiques dealer, but as of today, you may be able to snag these items from an unexpected source: eBay. The site, which gained traction in the early days of e-commerce with its bidding model, just launched eBay Collective, a curated section devoted to art and antiques from vetted dealers. "We want to provide eBay’s millions of global buyers with a luxury shopping experience for furniture, art, antiques, and modern design," explains Jill Ramsey, eBay’s VP of Soft Goods.
"While some of those items have been available in other areas of the site, eBay Collective brings them together in a single, curated experience." Items on eBay Collective are searchable by category or vendor, catering to both discerning shoppers looking for something specific and curious collectors who are always in the market for an enticing find. All dealers are regularly vetted by eBay to ensure quality and authenticity. The selection is complemented with stories from Architectural Digest, in the hopes that these interiors will inspire collectors. Dealers on the platform include the likes of Bernd Goeckler, Maison Gerard, and Todd Merrill Studio. AD100 designer Vicente Wolf, whose company VW Home is also featured, called the site "an uplifting alternative for quality dealers." We have a feeling that designers and aesthetes alike will be bookmarking it. The Most Fabulous Pair of Club Chairs Louis XV Style Armchair Pair of Directoire Chairs Pair of French Louis XV chairs
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Pair of Antique Walnut Carver Chairs Antique French Day Bed Louis XIV Period Armchair French Empire Cherrywood Chair Our Leather Wing Chair Petite Louis XV Carver Still not found exactly what you’re looking for? Click here to browse through pieces we have already sold. If you find an item you like then we may be able to source something similar for you.Those of us who dabble in antiques have all seen it…every one of us. It has even developed its own modern pop-moniker in antiques circles. We’ve seen it in every material, including plastic. While this does, indeed, harken back to the historic design of a number of chairs, it is not a true representation of any of the original “Louis chairs” (XIV, XV or XVI) from which it derives its name. So, antiques lovers…let’s have a little Louis lesson. Kings Louis XIV, XV and XVI reigned over France during a time that would come to be called “The Golden Age of French Decorative Arts,” which also coincided with the ultimate decline and fall of the monarchy itself.
That aside, this is unquestionably the go-to image of French design in the minds of most collectors, and the styles are fairly easily differentiated between with some basic signifiers. It bears mentioning that, while my descriptions reflect the quintessential features of each style, there were transitional styles that bridged each era and incorporated aspects of each. Louis XIV: More heavy and baroque than either of the other two styles, the design is very simple – but substantial. Seat-backs tend to be fully upholstered, and original upholstery (virtually unheard of on the market) would be of similarly heavy fabric, often tapestry. The seats and back of the chair is rectangular, and the arms and legs of the chair extend the hard lines. From the front, arms and legs are straight, with curves being perceptible only from a side or angled view where it is also illustrated that the arms supports connect directly to the front of the seat. The stretchers (and it’s the only style with them) often form an ‘X’.
Louis XV: A complete departure from its predecessor, Louis XV style is marked by a fluid, lavish design that seemed to place greater consideration on comfort with a lower, wider design with an angled back. It also bears noting that the design allowed for the accommodation of voluminous hooped-skirts, which dominated women’s fashion at the time. The chairs typically have exuberantly molded or carved wood in floral, often asymmetrical patterns with a central medallion on the crest rail surrounding an upholstered cartouche-shaped chair back. Shorter arms terminate before the seat’s edge, and cabriole legs turn out at an angle rather than being on axis with the arms. Louis XVI: The last Louis returns to a somewhat more rigid design, but does away with the heaviness of Louis XIV. Further, unlike the lavish, serpentine decoration of Louis XV, Louis XVI design is marked by a repeating motif around a geometrical carved wooden frame. The legs and armrest supports are straight and meet at the front of the seat.