C1770 French Louis XV Fateuil Armchair

Painted in Old Ivory with a delightfully worn patina, this Rococo chair is mortise and tenon and pegged construction: about the most robust joinery possible. It is an inheritance from Ancient Egypt. The frame is tight and sturdy. The fauteuil (open armchair)en cabriole (concave back) is elegant and robust. It could do with recovering, but the current upholstery is sound. It has a feather cushion. The back is upholstered inback, with an external vertical support, as you would expect from most 18th century French en cabriole chairs.Made in Paris about the same time Captain Cook was in Australia