ROUSSENS: Living Room Furniture of 6 Louis XVI Cabriolet Armchairs in Estampille silk velvet

Living room furniture consisting of a suite of 6 convertible armchairs with crest and pine cone backs. Molded, carved and white lacquered wood. All reliefs highlighted with a red line. Louis XVI period from the 1780s. all seats are stamped JI Roussens F (Jean Yves Roussens Fecit).

The Roussens family is a dynasty of seat carpenters established in Toulouse. We know the father, who attained mastery in 1757 and left a work essentially Regency and Louis XV. Our salon is more likely the work of the son, master in 1784 and who apparently used the same stamp as his father. The production of Roussens (seats and furniture) is very careful and original, which was to make them the main supplier of the good Toulouse nobility, like their colleague Pillot for Nimes, whose work is equivalent in terms quality and originality.

Our living room is a beautiful illustration of this production. The shape of the escutcheon backrest is particularly rare and original. The moldings and pine cones are elegant and well finished. But another originality of these seats is the white lacquer highlighted on all the reliefs with red lines (probably the original one from the 18th century). It is this last refined detail which guided our choice of restoration of the seats and the use of red silk velvet.

The old lacquer has been cleaned, the seats consolidated in the assemblies (a few accidents, a foot previously broken and repaired). The trim has been entirely reworked in knife blade and old-style horsehair board, while retaining the original 18th century straps visible underneath. The 6 seats were covered in ruby-colored silk velvet (old coupon from Tassinari and Chatel which was never installed before these seats) with all the corners enhanced with tone-on-tone braid and cords.

Beautiful amateur set, rare model with high-end restoration

Width 57
Seat height 42
Backrest height 86.5
Depth 60

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Ref: VW45L26WRV