Massant / Armchairs / L16TF4/2

Reproduction of antique model. Louis XVI Marquise inspired by Jacob. This marquise partners sofa L16 TF 4/4 or footstool L16 TF 4/5. The hand-carved tracery runs to right and left from the centre of the rails to provide greater refinement. This model was made by a Paris carpenter of the Second Empire period, inspired by Georges Jacob.

Louis XVI Style French style period reverting to classicism, inspired by the straight lines of ancient Greece and Rome, from 1777 to 1790, corresponding roughly to the reign of Louis XVI (1774 – 1793). The period, and the intermediate styles coming in between Louis XV and Louis XVI are known as “transitional” in the trade and “neoclassical” by researchers.