Tapestry Stools

A French 19th Century Pair of Large Rectangular Curule Stools Gilt and carved wood, decorated with interlace frieze, acanthus leaves and rosaces The 4 feet linked by a gadrooned stretcher. Louis XVI Style Napoléon III Period In the manner of Georges Jacob (1739-1814) Attributed to Maison Jansen Circa 1900 Used Petit Point Tapestry Upholstery Maison Jansen, the French luxury: Opulence, refinement, audacity of style marriages… so many words agree with Maison Jansen. Through this name, a whole era sounds like a reminder of a certain French chic… Some names evoke immutable images, atmospheres... Like Jansen, for example. Let’s close our eyes… The 1960s and 1970s are at their peak. France is doing well. It is a country of full employment where everything seems possible. Within the international Jet Set, a carefree crowd of movie stars, public figures, literary idols and crowned heads, we love the Maison Jansen, its taste for styles struck with a good quality exuberance, and its brilliant side. It all began in 1880, when the Dutchman Jean Henri Jansen founded the epon-ymous house in Paris. Jansen is part of the continuity of these world-famous furniture manufacturers and companies that operated under the Second Empire and at the time of the Universal Exhibitions, as the ‘Escalier de Cristal’ teaches. At that time, the Union Centrale des Beaux-Arts appliqués à l'Indus-trie and the Société du musée des Arts Décoratifs merged to form the Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs. Supported by both gallery owners, collectors and manufacturers, this organi-zation gives the «la» to the whole profession, and in the prevailing politico-ideological slump (France was defeated by Prussia in 1871 and Napoleon III is in exile), the ‘Union Centrale des Art Décoratifs’ focuses production on the celebration of past styles. While this nostalgia evokes memories of an era that we imagine more stable, an innovative exoticism will be all the rage: the reign of Turkish style and Japonisme. The Jansen house masterfully rushed into the «exotic» trend, but quickly de-veloped a style derived from the ornamental splendor of the eighteenth, then a little later, so-called «imperial» styles mainly intended for royal families. Af-ter the First World War, J.H Jansen was joined by the cartoonist Albert Cazes, by Stéphane Boudin and by Pierre Delbée, who successively directed the house when it disappeared in 1929. At the end of the Kennedy era, Boudin complete-ly redecorated the White House, at the request of the First Lady, Jackie, who had fallen in love with his work after discovering it at Malmaison. In 1971, Jansen joined forces with Leleu-Deshays and continued its quest for excellence. From 1969 to 1979, the dandy decorator Serge Robin took the reins of the house, granting it an eclectic and luxurious style: he revisited the great eras of French art, from the Renaissance to Louis XVI, by modernizing them with more contemporary pieces in Plexiglas or wrought iron. His recomposed and sophisticated style met with resounding success. When Jackie Kennedy, who became the wife of the great Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis, moved to France, the young architect married Louis XVI-style furniture to modernist designs from the 1950s. When the Shah of Iran decided to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Per-sian Empire in 1971, Serge Robin and his teams turned to the grandiose and ephemeral setting of Persepolis. A hundred semi-trailers then left the work-shops on Rue Saint-Sabin to reach Tehran. At the same time, Princess Soraya of Iran commissioned her a sumptuous palace for Avenue Montaigne, the princes Faisal bin Fahd of Arabia and Mubarak Al-Sabah, and the Agnelli snatched it. On the French side, he puts his talent at the service of Brigitte Bardot, for whom he completely revamped the Madrague and the Lannes boulevard. Serge Robin embodies all the audacity of the name Jansen with the most im-probable weddings. With him, Plexiglas tables, Japanese chairs from the 50s, gold thread curtains, zebra sofas...

This is an antique footstool. An English, mahogany and needlepoint fireside footrest, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Of good propo...

18th Century stool with turned legs and stretchers resting on bun feet and covered with an antique tapestry Fringe is fraying Legs previously reinforced 27″ Wide x 16″ Deep x 18.5″ H

An antique French Louis XIV style stool offers tapestry upholstered seat over kingwood base having satinwood inlay, cast ormolu mounts and raised...

19th century French upholstered stool with tapestry fabric with flower theme.

This carved antique fruitwood stool was created in Provence, France circa 1880. Standing on cabriole legs ending with escargot feet, the piano seating is decorated with floral motifs at the shoulders, and is embellished with a bottom stretcher. The round seating...

19th Century French Louis XVI Needlepoint Armbench ~ Vanity Bench is a stunning example of the combination of master furniture crafters with tapestry weavers, in this case specialty weavers who utilized painstaking effort to create images with colored wool thread in both the needlepoint and petit point techniques to create depictions of three exquisite floral bouquets! The mixture of weaving techniques produces a sharper image...

Os de mouton chairs were first produced by French menuisiers during the reign of Louis XIV. The highly shaped legs and stretchers had inherent beauty that reflected the use of prominent curves associated with furniture from this era. Our walnut and tapestry os de mouton tabouret...

Pair of early 20th century birch stools circa 1900. Elegant pair of Swedish stools which have been re-finished in our workshop. Made in birch which retains its golden colour. S...

A French 19th century curule stool Gilt and lacquered wood Louis XVI Style Napoléon III Period circa 1880 Damaged petit point tapestry upholstery.  

This mid-nineteenth century Louis XIV style vanity stool or bench features a gilt wood base formed by opposing half circles. The legs are detailed with acanthus leaves, a twisted rib...

Use this elegant stool as a vanity seating in a master bathroom! Crafted in France circa 1980, the stool stands on cabriole legs ending with escargot fe...